On-site caretaker Jodi Kleier hands a piece of banana to a gibbon at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
\n\nTwo gibbons eat in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
\n\nRocky, a gibbon hand-raised by on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier, sits in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
\n\nAn aerial view shows the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
\n\nGibbon Conservation Center Director Gabi Skollar feeds a gibbon at the center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
\n\nLOS ANGELES (AP) — In between morning feedings, the gibbons begin to sing — loudly.
\n\nRanging from the sound of emergency sirens and birds screeching to low grunts and guttural hoots, their vocalizations reverberate from a sanctuary in the hot, dry hills of the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles.
\n\nOver the past 50 years, the Gibbon Conservation Center has transformed from housing a small assortment of animals to becoming a globally recognized…
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