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Cuddly primate trade banned mongabay.com June 11, 2007
"ProFauna Indonesia is delighted with the outcome of the protection of the slow lorises (Nycticebus spp)," said ProFauna, an NGO that campaigns against the illegal trade in wildlife in Indonesia. The proposal to move the slow loris from CITES Appendix II to the more restrictive Appendix I was put forth by Cambodia and won wide support at the meeting in The Hague. Appendix I bans all trade in the slow loris, a nocturnal prosimian found in south and southeast Asia.
Under the new CITES ruling, three species of slow loris--Nycticebus coucang, Nycticebus bengalensis and Nycticebus pygmaeus--are now also listed in Appendix I. While trade in slow loris has been long prohibited in Indonesia, it was poorly monitored. ProFauna Indonesia estimated that 7,000 lorises were caught and traded between 2000 and 2007. Comments? News options
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