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Ash met the Hoolock Gibbon, India's only ape

Ashwika is ionate about protecting India’s only ape: the hoolock gibbon. Four years ago, Ash met a gibbon that touched her heart, and from that moment on she has wanted to protect them.

"They are my absolute favourite species!"

On this mission Ash is going to a village where the people live peacefully alongside the gibbons and have done for many generations, and learns about why they care about them so much.

You can watch the whole series of Planet Defenders featuring Ash and a team of young conservationists as they set out to protect our planet and its amazing wildlife on iPlayer right now!

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