Critical wildlife habitat status demanded for Gibbon sanctuary

• In an effort to preserve rare and endangered species, the Assam Forest Department has demanded critical wildlife habitat status for the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary near Jorhat.
• The sanctuary is unique in the sense that though it is very small in area, measuring only 20 square kilometres, it has sheltered a variety of primates.
• There are as many as seven species of non-human primates, including the highly endangered hoolock gibbon.