位于加州圣克拉丽塔谷的长臂猿保护中心已运营50年，如今已成为全球公认的长臂猿保护机构。1该中心目前照料约40只长臂猿，涵盖5个物种，这些均为地球上最稀有、最濒危的灵长类动物。1其中爪哇长臂猿是该中心的重要保护对象，这一物种仅在印度尼西亚爪哇岛发现，中心在成功繁殖爪哇长臂猿方面创造了纪录。1一些物种在野生环境中的种群数量已少于2000只。1
中心由已故灵长类动物学家艾伦·穆特尼克创办，于2011年因心脏手术并发症突然去世。1现任主任加比·斯科拉尔自2005年移居美国后加入中心，在穆特尼克去世后继任领导职务，继承并延续了创始人的保护遗志。1中心仅周末向游客开放导览参观。1长臂猿每天唱歌3至4次，每次持续20至30分钟，展现出独特的行为特征。1
The Gibbon Conservation Center, located in Santa Clarita Valley north of Los Angeles, has evolved from a small animal shelter into a globally recognized institution dedicated to protecting some of Earth's rarest and most endangered primates over the past five decades 1. The facility currently cares for approximately 40 gibbons representing five species 1, many of which number fewer than 2,000 individuals in the wild 1.
The center's legacy traces back to its late founder Alan Mootnick, a primatologist whose vision shaped the organization's conservation mission 1. Following Mootnick's unexpected death in 2011 from complications related to heart surgery 1, current director Gabi Skollar assumed leadership of the center 1. Skollar, who moved to the United States in 2005 to join the facility, has continued advancing the center's work in gibbon preservation and research 1. Among the center's achievements is being the first to successfully breed the Javan gibbon, an endangered species found only on Java island in Indonesia 1. The sanctuary opens its grounds to visitors only on weekends for guided tours 1, while gibbons themselves maintain their natural rhythms, singing three to four times daily with each session lasting between 20 and 30 minutes 1.
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