The New Nation - Internet Edition

Art & Culture Desk

Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) has reached an agreement with the Global Science Production, a Hollywood film company, to produce a documentary on hoolock gibbons (Ulluk), an endangered species.

Filming for this documentary is scheduled to begin soon, WTB sources said.

Footage will be gathered from forests throughout Bangladesh, which were once a favourite abode of the hoolock gibbon.

However, deforestation and human encroachment have brought these animals to the verge of extinction.

Dr Elliott will produce this film supported by co-producer Corrin La Combe, cameraperson Sam Oldham, and gibbon expert Alan Mootnick will be flown in from the United Kingdom and the United States.

The team will spend several weeks in Bangladesh shooting and interviewing local people, conservationists and authority figures to unravel the current situation of the remaining hoolock gibbon populations of Bangladesh.

The hoolock gibbon is considered to be a valuable member of the forest ecosystem as they disperse seeds encouraging forest regeneration.

The release of this film to an international audience will help to create awareness about the plight of these animals and the need for saving them.