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					<title>A rare slow loris may have a much larger population in China than scientists thought</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/a-rare-slow-loris-may-have-a-much-larger-population-in-china-than-scientists-thought/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 Sep 2026 18:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Matthew Burkhart]]>
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						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, China, and East Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Habitat, Mammals, Primates, Research, Science, Slow Loris, Species, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Plump, fuzzy and venomous, with wide eyes, a button nose and sharp teeth, northern pygmy slow lorises were thought to reside almost exclusively in Vietnam and Laos. However, new research has documented 98 of the endangered primates in Guangxi, China, in what could be the country&#8217;s largest known population of the species. The finding, published [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Plump, fuzzy and venomous, with wide eyes, a button nose and sharp teeth, northern pygmy slow lorises were thought to reside almost exclusively in Vietnam and Laos. However, new research has documented 98 of the endangered primates in Guangxi, China, in what could be the country&#8217;s largest known population of the species. The finding, published in the journal Integrative Zoology by researchers at Guangxi Normal University, expands the known range of the nocturnal primate and suggests that a substantial population may have gone undetected in Guangxi&#8217;s rugged karst forests. The species, Xanthonycticebus intermedius, was previously thought to number just over 100 individuals in China, primarily in Yunnan province. Its known range also extends south into northern Vietnam, reaching as far as Hai Van Pass. Anna Nekaris, a professor of ecology, conservation and environment at Anglia Ruskin University in the U.K. and founder of the Little Fireface Project that focuses on lorises, said she’s excited by the discovery and hopes it will inspire research on this understudied species. “A lot of these nocturnal animals — they&#8217;re so little known in the wild, they’re so little researched, that when you actually do go look for them and you find them, that’s incredible,” Nekaris said. Pygmy slow lorises are native to Southeast Asia. Xanthonyticebus intermedius, the northern pygmy slow loris, was only recognized as a distinct species in 2023 after genetic and morphological research separated it from its close relative, the southern pygmy slow loris (Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus). The northern pygmy slow loris, was&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/a-rare-slow-loris-may-have-a-much-larger-population-in-china-than-scientists-thought/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-329890</doi>				</item>
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					<title>On the frontlines of conservation in Sumatra: Rangers safeguard Batutegi forest</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/on-the-front-lines-of-conservation-in-sumatra-rangers-safeguard-batutegi-forest/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Aug 2026 02:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Basten Gokkon]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Lampung, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agroecology, Agroforestry, Animals, Big Cats, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Camera Trapping, Coffee, Community Forests, Community-based Conservation, Conservation, Environment, Forests, Habitat, Human-wildlife Conflict, In-situ Conservation, Monitoring, NGOs, Protected Areas, Rainforests, Slow Loris, Tigers, Tropical Forests, Wildlife, Wildlife Corridors, and Wildlife Rangers]]>
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							<![CDATA[TANGGAMUS, Indonesia — For more than a decade and a half, forest ranger Wandi Harmoko has walked the ridges and valleys of Batutegi, a landscape in southern Sumatra. He is one of only a handful of officers tasked with patrolling almost 60,000-hectares (148,300 acres) of forest that is not only ecologically significant but also economically [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[TANGGAMUS, Indonesia — For more than a decade and a half, forest ranger Wandi Harmoko has walked the ridges and valleys of Batutegi, a landscape in southern Sumatra. He is one of only a handful of officers tasked with patrolling almost 60,000-hectares (148,300 acres) of forest that is not only ecologically significant but also economically vital to Lampung province. The forest Wandi protects today has been shaped by decades of disturbance. Since the turn of the century, waves of encroachment cleared large areas of forest to accelerate conversion to coffee plantations. Nevertheless, the forests here still harbors endangered wildlife, including Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae), siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus), pangolins (Manis javanica), Sumatran slow lorises (Nycticebus coucang) and sun bears (Helarctos malayanus). The survival and recovery of what remains in Batutegi depend on a fragile collaboration between a limited number of rangers, technology-driven monitoring systems, and social forestry farmers whose livelihoods are tied to the landscape. “What affects me most are the moments when we still encounter forest encroachment,” Wandi told Mongabay after joining his team for a day patrol inside Batutegi’s core zone. “It creates an inner conflict, because sometimes we have to arrest people and see them go to prison, even though we understand their situation.” Wandi Harmoko has patrolled the forest of Batutegi for over a decade. Image by Basten Gokkon. The Batutegi landscape, including a reservoir with the same name, stretches across 81,741 hectares (202,000 acres) jointly overseen by two forest management units (KPH), namely KPH Batutegi&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/on-the-front-lines-of-conservation-in-sumatra-rangers-safeguard-batutegi-forest/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-325509</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Out of captivity, into conflict: slow lorises struggle to survive after release</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/out-of-captivity-into-conflict-slow-lorises-struggle-to-survive-after-release/</link>
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					<pubDate>26 Feb 2026 15:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Carolyn Cowan]]>
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						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Bangladesh, South Asia, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behavior, Animals, Biodiversity, Conflict, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Forests, Habitat Loss, Illegal Trade, Mammals, Pet Trade, Primates, Rainforests, Reintroductions, Research, Rewilding, Slow Loris, Social Media, Wildlife, Wildlife Rehabilitation, Wildlife Rescues, and Wildlife Trade]]>
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							<![CDATA[Wildlife releases are usually joyous events. Uplifting scenes of animals cautiously nosing the air as they take their first tentative steps into freedom warm our hearts. However, new research suggests the wild can be a “death trap,” especially if the released individuals lack the essential skills to find food and integrate with wild populations, or [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Wildlife releases are usually joyous events. Uplifting scenes of animals cautiously nosing the air as they take their first tentative steps into freedom warm our hearts. However, new research suggests the wild can be a “death trap,” especially if the released individuals lack the essential skills to find food and integrate with wild populations, or are set free into unsuitable habitat. The new study, published in Global Ecology and Conservation, follows the fate of nine Bengal slow lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) released into a forest reserve in Bangladesh. The researchers found only two of the nine survived beyond six months. Several died within days or weeks. Slow lorises, with their wide eyes and plump bodies, are one of the world’s most trafficked primates. Despite their venomous bite that can prove fatal to people and their nocturnal habits, they’re highly sought after in the pet trade and for use as tourist photo props — a demand fueled by ill-informed social media videos displaying them in domestic settings or captivity. All nine slow loris species, which range across South and Southeast Asia, are also threatened by deforestation and poachers who kill them for use in traditional medicines. A 2010 study found lorises were the most in-demand animal in traditional medicine stores in Cambodia. Tragically, these pressures act in synergy. Habitat loss pushes lorises closer to forest edges and humans, who at best mistakenly think them lost and take them into captivity with a view to relocating them to a habitat that’s more “wild.”&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/out-of-captivity-into-conflict-slow-lorises-struggle-to-survive-after-release/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-314846</doi>				</item>
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					<title>When “cute” is cruel: Social media videos stoke loris pet trade, study says</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/when-cute-is-cruel-social-media-videos-stoke-loris-pet-trade-study-says/</link>
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					<pubDate>27 Jun 2023 05:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Carolyn Cowan]]>
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						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Thailand]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Welfare, Animals, Biodiversity, Crime, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Environment, Hunting, Illegal Trade, Mammals, Pet Trade, Pets, Poaching, Primates, Slow Loris, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[When we think of iconic animals, we tend to imagine them in the wild — African elephants marching across grasslands, tigers prowling through forests, or humpback whales breaching through ocean waves. But new research suggests that when it comes to lorises, things are different. Many people likely think of the wide-eyed, pint-sized primates native to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[When we think of iconic animals, we tend to imagine them in the wild — African elephants marching across grasslands, tigers prowling through forests, or humpback whales breaching through ocean waves. But new research suggests that when it comes to lorises, things are different. Many people likely think of the wide-eyed, pint-sized primates native to the forests of South and Southeast Asia as domestic pets rather than wild animals. This was the conclusion of a study in which researchers scrutinized the top 100 most-viewed and liked loris videos on three major social media platforms — TikTok, YouTube and Giphy. The researchers found that the vast majority of clips showed lorises in captive settings, often in contact with people and displaying signs of stress or poor health, whereas clips of wild lorises behaving naturally in their forest home were largely ignored. “Almost any platform you look on, if you search for slow loris, you just see these decontextualized pets. You see very few wild animals,” Anna Nekaris, professor of primate conservation at Oxford Brookes University and co-author of the findings, told Mongabay. A Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) photographed in Thailand at night in its natural forest habitat. Image by Tanaporn Choopanya. Many of the clips that had garnered more than 1 million views and thousands of likes typically showed lorises in captive conditions that the researchers deemed as failing to meet internationally accepted animal welfare guidelines. In contrast, the team identified only two videos of wild lorises in a forest&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/when-cute-is-cruel-social-media-videos-stoke-loris-pet-trade-study-says/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-270216</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Primate-rich countries are becoming less hospitable places for monkeys, apes and lemurs</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/primate-rich-countries-are-becoming-less-hospitable-places-for-monkeys-apes-and-lemurs/</link>
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					<pubDate>15 Jun 2018 07:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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						<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Brazil, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Global, Indonesia, Madagascar, South America, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Animals, Apes, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Corruption, Critically Endangered Species, Deforestation, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Forests, Global Environmental Crisis, Great Apes, Habitat Loss, Infrastructure, Mammals, Mining, Monkeys, Parks, Plantations, Poverty, Primates, Protected Areas, Rainforests, Slow Loris, Tropical Forests, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Our primate cousins have managed to colonize a broad swath of the planet, taking up residence in 90 countries. Still, the majority of monkey, ape, lemur, tarsier and lorisid species live in Brazil, Indonesia, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and a new study finds that 62 percent of those species face the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Our primate cousins have managed to colonize a broad swath of the planet, taking up residence in 90 countries. Still, the majority of monkey, ape, lemur, tarsier and lorisid species live in Brazil, Indonesia, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and a new study finds that 62 percent of those species face the specter of extinction due to hunting and the splintering and outright loss of their habitats. It came as little surprise to University of Illinois primatologist Paul Garber that these four countries, forested bulwarks of biodiversity that they are, have been fertile grounds for the rise of unique species. The sheer proportion of the world’s primates they contain, however, was telling, Garber said. “The realization that these four countries harbor 65 percent of the world’s primate species made writing our current paper a priority,” he said in an email to Mongabay. He and his colleagues report their findings today in the journal PeerJ. The four countries in the study are home to 65 percent of the world’s primate species, including this red leaf monkey (Presbytis rubicunda), found in Indonesian and Malaysian Borneo. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay. In 2017, Garber and 30 other primate researchers from around the world concluded that 60 percent of all primate species could be wiped out soon by human activity. “It was during the research and writing of that manuscript that I first realized how critically important Brazil, Indonesia, Madagascar and DRC were to avoiding a mass primate extinction crisis,” he&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/primate-rich-countries-are-becoming-less-hospitable-places-for-monkeys-apes-and-lemurs/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-207453</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Watch video of baby slow loris born to mother rescued from wildlife traffickers</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2016/12/watch-video-of-baby-slow-loris-born-to-mother-rescued-from-wildlife-traffickers/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Dec 2016 08:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Java, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Crime, Critically Endangered Species, Environment, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Mammals, Primates, Slow Loris, Videos, Wildlife, Wildlife Rehabilitation, Wildlife Rescues, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[In October this year, Indonesian police rescued 34 critically endangered Javan slow lorises (Nycticebus javanicus) from being illegally sold on social media by traffickers. All 34 rescued animals were sent to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) Primate Rehabilitation Centre in Bogor, Indonesia, for treatment and rehabilitation. One of the rescued lorises, named Canon, was pregnant [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In October this year, Indonesian police rescued 34 critically endangered Javan slow lorises (Nycticebus javanicus) from being illegally sold on social media by traffickers. All 34 rescued animals were sent to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) Primate Rehabilitation Centre in Bogor, Indonesia, for treatment and rehabilitation. One of the rescued lorises, named Canon, was pregnant at the time of rescue, IAR said in a statement. Poachers had shot her with an airgun, and pellets were still lodged behind her right eye and in her back. The IAR medical team decided to forego surgery, and let her wait in peace for the arrival of her baby. Canon gave birth to her baby four days later. IAR has now released footage of the baby loris, who seems to be active and in good condition. “The team caring for them report that Canon is feeding well and feasts every night on gum (hardened tree sap), vegetables, fruits and insects,” IAR said in a statement, “She is also receiving multivitamins and calcium for her own health and to support the healthy growth of the baby she is nursing. Canon is taking excellent care of her baby, providing him with plenty of milk and grooming him regularly.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maEhnOlEg-o&#038;feature=youtu.be Video by International Animal Rescue. However, not all rescued lorises were fortunate. Many individuals were showing signs of “extreme stress” at the time of their rescue, IAR said. Some individuals had their teeth removed, some had been shot by airguns, and others had bite wounds, most likely because they were crammed together in small crates. Two&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2016/12/watch-video-of-baby-slow-loris-born-to-mother-rescued-from-wildlife-traffickers/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-191533</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Pet trade’s “cute” and “adorable” label endangers the slow loris</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2016/08/pet-trades-cute-and-adorable-label-endangers-the-slow-loris/</link>
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					<pubDate>25 Aug 2016 19:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Linda Lombardi]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Glenn Scherer]]>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Animals]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Java, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation, Ecology, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Global Environmental Crisis, Habitat, Habitat Degradation, Habitat Loss, Mammals, Overconsumption, Primates, Rainforests, Slow Loris, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever heard of the slow loris, it&#8217;s likely for all the wrong reasons. People may coo over viral videos of pet lorises being tickled or eating rice balls, but the backstory behind those social media images is far from cute. Slow lorises taken from the wild for the pet trade have their teeth [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Though the slow loris may appear “cute” to human eyes, they have a toxic bite and do not thrive in captivity. Wildlife trafficking is a major cause of slow loris decline. Photo by Stephanie Poindexter If you&#8217;ve ever heard of the slow loris, it&#8217;s likely for all the wrong reasons. People may coo over viral videos of pet lorises being tickled or eating rice balls, but the backstory behind those social media images is far from cute. Slow lorises taken from the wild for the pet trade have their teeth pulled out to prevent them from biting — a job done with random tools and no protection from pain or infection. Pet lorises are usually kept awake during the day, which stresses these little nocturnal primates and damages their big “cute” eyes. And much of the behavior that looks adorable is evidence of distress — when a loris reaches for a tiny umbrella, it&#8217;s because this arboreal creature is desperate for a tree branch to hold onto. (That single youtube video has been viewed more than 6.8 million times.) Overall, the loris is a poor pet — if the animals don’t perish being trafficked, they die in captivity from poor nutrition, improper handling or infection. While the number of slow lorises in the wild is unknown, all species are subject to a combination of threats. In addition to the pet trade, they&#8217;re heavily hunted for use in traditional medicine. They&#8217;re also losing habitat in parts of Asia, as forests are destroyed for farms, roads&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2016/08/pet-trades-cute-and-adorable-label-endangers-the-slow-loris/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>&#8216;Status symbols&#8217;: Japan emerging as major hub for illegal trade in slow lorises due to their popularity as pets</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/status-symbols-japan-emerging-as-major-hub-for-illegal-trade-in-slow-lorises-due-to-their-popularity-as-pets/</link>
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					<pubDate>29 Feb 2016 09:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behavior, Animal Welfare, Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Law Enforcement, Mammals, Pet Trade, Primates, Slow Loris, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[In 2014, the Telegraph ranked slow lorises as one of the “top 10 internet superstar pets”. Unfortunately, the rising online popularity of slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) as exotic pets is fueling the illicit trade in these animals. Japan, for example, is emerging as a major black market for illegally obtained slow lorises, researchers found in a recent [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In 2014, the Telegraph ranked slow lorises as one of the “top 10 internet superstar pets”. Unfortunately, the rising online popularity of slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) as exotic pets is fueling the illicit trade in these animals. Japan, for example, is emerging as a major black market for illegally obtained slow lorises, researchers found in a recent study published in the Asian Primates Journal. During the course of a two-month investigation in 2014, a team of researchers discovered 74 slow lorises in 18 online and two brick-and-mortar (or in-store) pet shops in Japan, including 12 Critically Endangered Javan slow lorises (Nycticebus javanicus). The lorises were being sold for an average of nearly $6,500. “It came as quite a shock just how many slow lorises were being openly traded in pet shops, fairs and on the Internet, as well as the exuberant prices they were being sold for,” lead-author Louisa Musing of Oxford Brookes University, told Mongabay in an email. “Slow lorises have undoubtedly become a status symbol in Japan.” Slow Lorises have become popular pets in Japan, which is fueling their illegal trade. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). In fact, according to the study, pet shop owners consistently described slow lorises as very popular and valuable pets. “Social media has become a very popular outlet for Japanese users to brag about their pet slow lorises and you only have to read the comments written by Japanese users on videos of pet slow lorises to see how fashionable they are,” Musing said.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/status-symbols-japan-emerging-as-major-hub-for-illegal-trade-in-slow-lorises-due-to-their-popularity-as-pets/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-181294</doi>				</item>
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					<title>New campaign says &#8216;tickling is torture&#8217; for slow lorises</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2015/06/new-campaign-says-tickling-is-torture-for-slow-lorises/</link>
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					<pubDate>17 Jun 2015 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Welfare, Animals, Endangered Species, Environment, Green, Mammals, Pet Trade, Pets, Primates, Slow Loris, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[Pulling slow loris teeth out. Photo courtesy of: International Animal Rescue. Have you seen a video where a slow loris&#8212;a small, cute, big-eyed primate from Asian rainforests&#8212;gets tickled? Here&#8217;s the real story of how that slow loris got there. It was stolen from the wild by poachers, who probably took it from its mother&#8212;after killing [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Pulling slow loris teeth out. Photo courtesy of: International Animal Rescue. Have you seen a video where a slow loris&#8212;a small, cute, big-eyed primate from Asian rainforests&#8212;gets tickled? Here&#8217;s the real story of how that slow loris got there. It was stolen from the wild by poachers, who probably took it from its mother&#8212;after killing her. Then its teeth were torn out with pliers and without anesthetic, a procedure many stolen slow lorises don&#8217;t survive. Finally the people tickling their slow loris are not giving it pleasure&#8212;far from it. Actually when tickled the slow loris raises its arms in self-defense as it tries to reach the venom glands in its armpits to defend itself against its &#8216;owner.&#8217; A new campaign from International Animal Rescue, dubbed Tickling is TORTURE is working to expose the cruel realties of a pet trade that is also pushing the world&#8217;s slow loris species toward extinction. &#8220;Unspeakable cruelty is involved in the trade in slow lorises and the public must be made aware of this,&#8221; said Phily Kennington, the head of the campaign. He added that life as a pet was &#8220;inherently cruel&#8221; for these nocturnal, shy animals. Slow loris raise their arms in defense when they are tickled. Photo from YouTube Video. &#8220;Slow lorises travel long distances at night in their hunt for food. They feed on crickets and other live insects, as well as birds’ eggs, fruit and the sap of certain trees. YouTube videos show pet lorises eating rice balls and other unsuitable&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2015/06/new-campaign-says-tickling-is-torture-for-slow-lorises/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>When cute turns deadly – the story of a wildlife biologist who was bit by a venomous slow loris, and lived to tell the tale</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2014/10/when-cute-turns-deadly-the-story-of-a-wildlife-biologist-who-was-bit-by-a-venomous-slow-loris-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale/</link>
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					<pubDate>24 Oct 2014 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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							<![CDATA[Borneo and Malaysia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behavior, Environment, Fellows, Green, Interviews, Pet Trade, Primates, Slow Loris, Strange, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[Deadly nature of slow loris bite&#8211;even without teeth&#8211;should turn people off from keeping these primates as pets Slow lorises are YouTube stars. A quick search on the website will greet you with several videos of these endearing little primates&#8211;from a slow loris nibbling on rice cakes and bananas, to a loris holding a tiny umbrella. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Deadly nature of slow loris bite&#8211;even without teeth&#8211;should turn people off from keeping these primates as pets Slow lorises are YouTube stars. A quick search on the website will greet you with several videos of these endearing little primates&#8211;from a slow loris nibbling on rice cakes and bananas, to a loris holding a tiny umbrella. Lady Gaga, too, tried to feature a slow loris in one of her music videos. But the loris nipped her hard, and she dropped her plans. This was probably for the best, because the bite of a slow loris is no joke. Being the only known venomous primate in the world, its bite can quickly turn deadly. And George Madani, a wildlife biologist, is testament to this. On 8 April 2012, Madani was on a wildlife surveying trip in Malaysian Borneo, when he encountered a Kayan slow loris (Nycticebus kayan) on a mango tree. But curiosity became his undoing as the loris bit him onthe finger, which led to a series of agonizing events. Initially just painful, the effects of the bite soon manifested themselves into a full-blown anaphylactic reaction. His mouth swelled up, his chest and abdomen hurt, he felt nauseous, short of breath, weak and agitated. Luckily for him, the remote location he was traveling in had a clinic stocked with adrenaline to alleviate his condition. Figure 2 After the bite, the patient showed extreme swelling, worsening over time. (Panel A) 33 minutes after the bite; (Panel B) 54 minutes after the bite;&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2014/10/when-cute-turns-deadly-the-story-of-a-wildlife-biologist-who-was-bit-by-a-venomous-slow-loris-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-24545</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Did the world&#8217;s only venomous primate evolve to mimic the cobra?</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2014/09/did-the-worlds-only-venomous-primate-evolve-to-mimic-the-cobra/</link>
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					<pubDate>29 Sep 2014 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behavior, Animals, Environment, Evolution, Fellows, Green, Herps, Mammals, Pet Trade, Primates, Reptiles, Slow Loris, Snakes, Strange, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[The slow loris may have evolved its venom as a mimic to deadly spectacled cobras A slow loris in a venom pose. Photo by: Andrew Walmsley. The bite of a slow loris can be painful, and sometimes even lethal. After all, this cute-looking YouTube sensation is the only known &#8220;venomous&#8221; primate in the world&#8212;a trait [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The slow loris may have evolved its venom as a mimic to deadly spectacled cobras A slow loris in a venom pose. Photo by: Andrew Walmsley. The bite of a slow loris can be painful, and sometimes even lethal. After all, this cute-looking YouTube sensation is the only known &#8220;venomous&#8221; primate in the world&#8212;a trait that might have strangely evolved to mimic spectacled cobras, according to a recent review paper. Mimicry in mammals is rare. But anecdotal evidence and studies in the past have noted the uncanny cobra-like defensive postures, sounds, and gait in slow lorises. Among the first of these anecdotes was one written by John Still over a century ago in Sri Lanka. One evening in 1905 as Still sat in his verandah reading, he heard &#8220;the regular breathing sound made by a cobra when he inflates and deflates his body.&#8221; Entering his room, he saw what he thought was the outline of a cobra with its hood expanded, threatening a cat that crouched about six feet away. A closer look revealed that the &#8220;cobra&#8221; was in fact his pet loris. The loris, with his arms and shoulders hunched up, was imitating a cobra, intermittently letting out a cobra-like hiss. 1. Javan slow loris 2. Spectacled cobra (rear view) 3. Spectacled cobra (front view) 4. Bengal slow loris. Photo by: Nekaris et al. Examining this cobra-mimicking hypothesis, researchers note in their paper published in Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases last year, that when viewed&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2014/09/did-the-worlds-only-venomous-primate-evolve-to-mimic-the-cobra/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-24637</doi>				</item>
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					<title>When the orangutan and the slow loris met &#8211; and no one was eaten</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2014/05/when-the-orangutan-and-the-slow-loris-met-and-no-one-was-eaten/</link>
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					<pubDate>05 May 2014 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Borneo, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behavior, Animals, Apes, Environment, Great Apes, Green, Mammals, Orangutans, Primates, Rainforests, Slow Loris, and Strange]]>
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							<![CDATA[In 2004 and 2012, scientists recorded rare encounters between two very different primates: southern Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) and Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis). But in neither case did the Bornean orangutan appear to attempt to kill the slow loris for consumption, which Sumatran orangutans are known to do, albeit very rarely. &#8220;It is [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In 2004 and 2012, scientists recorded rare encounters between two very different primates: southern Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) and Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis). But in neither case did the Bornean orangutan appear to attempt to kill the slow loris for consumption, which Sumatran orangutans are known to do, albeit very rarely. &#8220;It is important to document these kinds of observations, as it demonstrates culture behavioral differences between populations of orangutans, and how they interact with other animals they share the forest with,&#8221; Helen Morrogh-Bernard with the University of Exeter told mongabay.com. Morrogh-Bernard, who is also the project director at the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, co-authored a paper on the observations for the journal Primates. In the first encounter a young female orangutan ran into a slow loris while playing with a male. The slow loris quickly ran away, and the female orangutan did not pursue. The second encounter, observed eight years later, proved more dynamic. While its mother cared for an infant, a juvenile female orangutan encountered a slow loris and attempted to engage it. &#8220;The orangutan was energetically shaking the branch though the loris successfully held on,&#8221; the scientists write in the paper. &#8220;The orangutan tried to move out onto the branch, reaching out to grab the loris, but the loris backed away traveling further out on the limb, facing the orangutan and attempting to bite or scratch the orang-utan during its retreat. The orang-utan then began to shake the branch again. This pattern continued, with the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2014/05/when-the-orangutan-and-the-slow-loris-met-and-no-one-was-eaten/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-25293</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Lady Gaga gets bitten by venomous primate, sparking outrage over loris trafficking</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2014/02/lady-gaga-gets-bitten-by-venomous-primate-sparking-outrage-over-loris-trafficking/</link>
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					<pubDate>25 Feb 2014 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Laos]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Environment, Green, Pet Trade, Primates, Slow Loris, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[Slow loris expert: Lady Gaga may have put herself in danger by handling venomous, endangered primate Lady Gaga photo from @ladygaga. Loris photo courtesy of Little Fireface Last week, the musical artist, Lady Gaga, was &#8220;nipped&#8221; by the world&#8217;s only venomous primate, a slow loris, in a misguided attempt to use the animal in a [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Slow loris expert: Lady Gaga may have put herself in danger by handling venomous, endangered primate Lady Gaga photo from @ladygaga. Loris photo courtesy of Little Fireface Last week, the musical artist, Lady Gaga, was &#8220;nipped&#8221; by the world&#8217;s only venomous primate, a slow loris, in a misguided attempt to use the animal in a new music video. After it bit the musician, the idea of using the primate in the video was dropped. This was just as well, according to loris expert Anna Nekaris, who says that slow lorises have become increasingly endangered worldwide by the illegal pet trade after people have seen them on YouTube videos. &#8220;Slow lorises are one of the most sought after illegal exotic pets. As it is extremely difficult to breed them in captivity, these fragile animals are culled from the wild in unsustainable numbers and are kept as pets within Asia as well as shipped illegally around the world,&#8221; Nekaris, founder of the Little Fireface Project which works to study and conserve slow lorises, told mongabay.com. In order to obtain a slow loris for the illegal wildlife trade, poachers steal them from the wild. Slow loris in captivity are usually unable to clean themselves properly and are thus covered in urine and feces. The poachers usually pull out the sharp loris teeth using pliers to make them more palpable to pet owners. Such harsh tactics, combined with unsuitable diets, mean many slow lorises die even before they are sold. This baby Sumatran slow&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2014/02/lady-gaga-gets-bitten-by-venomous-primate-sparking-outrage-over-loris-trafficking/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Rihanna poses with endangered primate stolen from the wild</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2013/09/rihanna-poses-with-endangered-primate-stolen-from-the-wild/</link>
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					<pubDate>23 Sep 2013 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Southeast Asia, and Thailand]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Welfare, Animals, Celebrities, Endangered Species, Environment, Green, Mammals, Pet Trade, Poaching, Primates, Slow Loris, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[On Friday R&#038;B singer, Rihanna, posed in Thailand with a slow loris, an endangered primate that is often illegally touted on the streets of Southeast Asia by pet dealers. The picture, which the celebrity shared on instagram, went viral, and over the weekend Thai police arrested two men&#8212;one 20 and one 16&#8212;who allegedly provided the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[On Friday R&#038;B singer, Rihanna, posed in Thailand with a slow loris, an endangered primate that is often illegally touted on the streets of Southeast Asia by pet dealers. The picture, which the celebrity shared on instagram, went viral, and over the weekend Thai police arrested two men&#8212;one 20 and one 16&#8212;who allegedly provided the slow loris to the Rihanna for the impromptu photo. Lorises have become increasingly imperiled in recent years due to the illegal pet trade, after a number of YouTube videos showed the animals as &#8220;pets.&#8221; According to loris expert, Anna Nekaris, poachers steal baby lorises from the wild, often killing their mothers in order to take the young. The young loris then have their teeth pulled out with pliers or other implements in order to make them more appealing to pet owners&#8212;and less likely to deliver a poisonous bite. Many of them don&#8217;t survive the harsh conditions and unsuitable diets long enough to be sold. Poachers have to keep up a steady stream of smuggled lorises, since they are practically impossible to breed in captivity. Rihanna tweeted the photo taken in Phuket, Thailand and wrote: &#8220;Look who was talkin dirty to me!&#8221; In this case, her jest may have had an unintentional ring of truth. In the wild slow lorises are cleaned by their mothers, but as orphans, young loris are unable to clean themselves and are often covered in their own urine and feces. Pop singer Rihanna with a slow loris that had been stolen&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2013/09/rihanna-poses-with-endangered-primate-stolen-from-the-wild/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>How YouTube has put the world&#8217;s only poisonous primates at risk</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2013/07/how-youtube-has-put-the-worlds-only-poisonous-primates-at-risk/</link>
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					<pubDate>25 Jul 2013 19:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[It all started with a video: in 2009 a Russian man uploaded a video of himself tickling his exotic pet (a pygmy slow loris) from Vietnam onto the hugely popular site YouTube. Since then the video has been viewed over half a million times. But a new study in the open source journal in PLoS [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[It all started with a video: in 2009 a Russian man uploaded a video of himself tickling his exotic pet (a pygmy slow loris) from Vietnam onto the hugely popular site YouTube. Since then the video has been viewed over half a million times. But a new study in the open source journal in PLoS ONE, finds that such YouTube videos have helped fuel a cruel, illegal trade that is putting some of the world&#8217;s least-known primates at risk of extinction. Lorises are small, shy, and nocturnal primates that inhabit the forests of tropical Asia, but the existence of all eight species is currently imperiled by a booming illegal pet trade that has been aided by videos of lorises being tickled, holding tiny umbrellas, or doing other seemingly cute (but wholly unnatural) things. &#8220;In Indonesia alone, where six species of loris occur, a minimum of 15,000 lorises are trafficked each year; this does not count the numbers that die before making it to markets,&#8221; lead author Anna Nekaris, with Oxford Brookes University and founder of the slow loris-organization Little Fireface Project, told mongabay.com. &#8220;In Indochina, no figures are available, but slow lorises have often been the most frequently encountered mammal in markets. In both regions, however, sellers report declines, saying they are &#8216;finished&#8217; in the wild.&#8221; Given the popularity of YouTube videos showing illegal pet lorises, Nekaris and her team decided to analyze how people responded to the videos through viewer comments. Selecting the video of that pygmy slow loris&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2013/07/how-youtube-has-put-the-worlds-only-poisonous-primates-at-risk/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Loris champion: conserving the world&#8217;s most surprising primate family</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2013/06/loris-champion-conserving-the-worlds-most-surprising-primate-family/</link>
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					<pubDate>04 Jun 2013 20:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Animals, Conservation, Cute, Endangered Species, Environment, Environmental Heroes, Green, Habitat Loss, In-situ Conservation, Interviews, Islands, Mammals, Medicine, Pet Trade, Primates, Rainforests, Saving Species From Extinction, Slow Loris, Solutions, Traditional Medicine, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[The 2013 Zoos and Aquariums: Committing to Conservation (ZACC) conference runs from July 8th&#8212;July 12th in Des Moines, Iowa, hosted by the Blank Park Zoo. Ahead of the event, Mongabay.com is running a series of Q&#38;As with presenters. For more interviews, please see our ZACC feed. Close-up of Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus), listed as [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The 2013 Zoos and Aquariums: Committing to Conservation (ZACC) conference runs from July 8th&#8212;July 12th in Des Moines, Iowa, hosted by the Blank Park Zoo. Ahead of the event, Mongabay.com is running a series of Q&amp;As with presenters. For more interviews, please see our ZACC feed. Close-up of Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus), listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Photo courtesy of Little Fireface. Before Anna Nekaris began championing the cause of the world&#8217;s lorises, little was known about this cryptic family of large-eyed, nocturnal, insect-eating, venomous primates. Nekaris, with Oxford Brookes University and founder of the Little Fireface Project, has been instrumental in documenting rarely-seen loris behavior, establishing conservation programs, and identifying new species of these hugely-imperiled Asian primates. &#8220;I just fell in love with them. The slender lorises were like googly eyed bananas on stilts, and the slow lorises were like pumped up versions,&#8221; Nekaris told mongabay.com in an interview. &#8220;They always look so crafty when you spot one in the forest, as if they have been watching you for hours, while you have been searching for them. They were considered ugly, brown and boring by most primatologists. Second-rate citizens to the fabulous lemurs. But I found out they could race walk as fast as a squirrel could run, their home ranges were the size of 20 football pitches, they could decapitate noxious insects at a rate that would make a french revolutionary proud, and that they loved each other!&#8221; But loris species, some of which&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2013/06/loris-champion-conserving-the-worlds-most-surprising-primate-family/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Photographers threatening the already-abused slender loris</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2013/03/photographers-threatening-the-already-abused-slender-loris/</link>
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					<pubDate>12 Mar 2013 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Dr Liz Kimbrough]]>
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						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Rights, Animals, Conservation, Culture, Environment, Forests, Green, Indigenous Peoples, Mammals, Pet Trade, Primates, Rainforests, Slow Loris, Strange, Traditional People, Tropical Forests, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[Slender loris. Photo by: Arun Kanagavel. Caught in a beam of torchlight, the eyes of the slender loris reflect back a striking glow. In an effort to better understand these shy, nocturnal primates, a team of researchers set out to the Western Ghats of India. The resulting paper: Moolah, Misfortune or Spinsterhood? The Plight of [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Slender loris. Photo by: Arun Kanagavel. Caught in a beam of torchlight, the eyes of the slender loris reflect back a striking glow. In an effort to better understand these shy, nocturnal primates, a team of researchers set out to the Western Ghats of India. The resulting paper: Moolah, Misfortune or Spinsterhood? The Plight of the Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus) in Southern India was published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa in January of 2013. Forest walks and interviews with the Kani people, who live in close proximity to the lorises, supported evidence of a surprising new threat to the lorises: photographers. Endemic to both the Eastern and Western Ghats, the gray slender loris is represented by two subspecies, Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus and Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus. These insectivorous animals are distributed throughout wet evergreen forests, particularly in scrub forests and plantations and occur in greatest abundance in disturbed areas. Both subspecies are listed as a Least Concern Species by the IUCN Red List, and protected under the Indian Wildlife Act. Despite their protected status the soft and wide-eyed loris, popularized by viral YouTube videos and Internet photos, has become a major commodity in the illegal pet trade. But, their live insect diet makes caring for them difficult and incredibly sensitive lorises do not fare well in captivity. Lorises are also surrounded by myth and folklore. Some lorises are captured for their purported medicinal properties, though this is becoming less common. Among the Kani people, at least, the loris is seen&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2013/03/photographers-threatening-the-already-abused-slender-loris/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Slow lorises sold openly, illegally in Indonesia</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2012/04/slow-lorises-sold-openly-illegally-in-indonesia/</link>
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					<pubDate>03 Apr 2012 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Welfare, Animals, Endangered Species, Environment, Environmental Law, Green, Law, Law Enforcement, Mammals, Pet Trade, Primates, Slow Loris, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[Slow loris photographed in Jakarta market last month. Photo: © TRAFFIC. Defying Indonesian law, slow lorises are being sold openly in Jakarta markets for the underground pet trade, according to wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC. In the last two weeks, TRAFFIC has recorded fifty different individual slow lorises on sale in the Indonesian capital. &#8220;The [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Slow loris photographed in Jakarta market last month. Photo: © TRAFFIC. Defying Indonesian law, slow lorises are being sold openly in Jakarta markets for the underground pet trade, according to wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC. In the last two weeks, TRAFFIC has recorded fifty different individual slow lorises on sale in the Indonesian capital. &#8220;The openness of the slow loris trade highlights the fact that having one of the region’s best wildlife protection laws and promising to protect species is not enough&#8212;there must be stronger enforcement in Indonesia and the public should stop supporting the illegal wildlife trade,&#8221; says Chris R. Shepherd, Deputy Regional Director of TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, in a press release. Slow lorises are big-eyed nocturnal primates found throughout Southeast Asia. Three of the five known species are found in Indonesia: the Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), the Bornean slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis), and the Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus). The Sunda and the Bornean are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, while the Javan is listed as Endangered. Slow lorises photographed in Jakarta market last month. Photo: © TRAFFIC. The slow loris pet trade has exploded since YouTube videos showed the small primates engaged in &#8220;cute&#8221; activities. However, researchers warn that slow lorises do not make good pets and that the trade is deeply cruel. Slow loris babies are stolen from their mothers in the wild, who are often killed. The baby&#8217;s teeth are removed without anesthetic to make them more &#8220;suitable&#8221; as pets. Dr.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2012/04/slow-lorises-sold-openly-illegally-in-indonesia/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>&#8216;Where&#8217;s my mama?&#8217;: campaign targets cruel slow loris pet trade [warning: graphic photo]</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2012/03/wheres-my-mama-campaign-targets-cruel-slow-loris-pet-trade-warning-graphic-photo/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Mar 2012 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Activism, Animal Rights, Animals, Conservation, Corporations, Crime, Endangered Species, Environment, Environmental Law, Green, Law, Mammals, Pet Trade, Primates, Rainforests, Saving Species From Extinction, Slow Loris, Solutions, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[Slow lorises like this Sunda Slow Loris juvenile (Nycticebus coucang) have their teeth forcibly removed by animal traffickers in the open-air bird markets of Indonesia. The practice is done to either convince buyers that the animal is suitable as a child&#8217;s pet or to make people think the animal is an infant. This photo was [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Slow lorises like this Sunda Slow Loris juvenile (Nycticebus coucang) have their teeth forcibly removed by animal traffickers in the open-air bird markets of Indonesia. The practice is done to either convince buyers that the animal is suitable as a child&#8217;s pet or to make people think the animal is an infant. This photo was taken by Dr. Karmele Llano Sánchez of the International Animal Rescue (IAR). A new campaign by The Body Shop West Malaysia and TRAFFIC Southeast Asia attempts to raise awareness of the illegal slow loris pet trade. YouTube videos of &#8220;cute&#8221; pet slow lorises have raised demand for these endangered primates, but as the campaign highlights the pet trade is fueling slow loris deaths in the wild and cruel treatment, such as pulling out their teeth, to make them more desirable pets. Hunters steal slow loris babies from the wild, often killing their mothers in the process. Infants are then transported in sacks, sometimes several in one sack with their arms tied, or in wire cages, which cut their skin. Before being sold in a market, their teeth are pulled out with pliers to make them more palatable for consumers. The operation, done without anesthetic, can lead to infection and death. Dr. Anna Nekaris, an anthropologist who specializes in slow-loris research at Oxford Brookes University, told mongabay.com in 2009 that it&#8217;s estimated 30-90 percent of captured slow lorises don’t survive the stress of being stolen from the wild. Because they are wild animals, slow lorises were&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2012/03/wheres-my-mama-campaign-targets-cruel-slow-loris-pet-trade-warning-graphic-photo/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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