The sad new trend in Phuket’s tourist areas –slow lorises as photo-props
By Petra Osterberg There is clearly a lucrative market for wildlife as photo–prop animals in Phuket’s crowded tourist areas. For decades hundreds of thousands…
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Slow loris conservation awards day 2: Hollywood stars!
One word or image from someone in the public eye can be a tragedy or a huge boost for the conservation of a species.…
Read MoreSlow Loris Conservation Awards: Day 1 – Rock ‘n’ Roll!
Each day this week, we will be issuing awards for efforts in loris conservation! Our awardees probably have no idea they have helped loris…
Read MoreLittle Fireface Auctions!
Two artists are supporting the Little Fireface Project during Loris Awareness Week by making beautiful one-off creations, with part of the proceeds going direct…
Read MoreIt’s Loris Awareness Week!
Over the next week, we will share news and stories about slow lorises. Please check this page for updates. Prof Anna Nekaris will give…
Read MoreLoris Awareness Week Almost here! Prepare!
For those who have been following the Little Fireface Project, you will know that Loris Awareness week starts the 16th of September. This is…
Read MoreAccolades to Indian enforcement and rescue teams: pygmy lorises in India doing well!
You may have seen the comments left on our site from Mr Rohit Upadhyaya, terminal manager of IGI Airport, New Delhi, where two pygmy…
Read MoreLatest international smuggling of pygmy slow loris
From IndiaTVNews – amended where appropriate. New Delhi, Sep 10 : Two rare Slow Loris ‘monkeys ‘were seized by alert CISF guards at Delhi’s Indira…
Read MoreLoris Fact 7: The Myth About Loris Nurseries
The famous ‘Tickling Slow Loris Video’ uploaded in 2009 by Dmitry Sergeyev includes the following note by the uploaders… 1. First of all, we…
Read MoreLoris Fact 6: You can’t chew with somebody else’s teeth
Well that’s a Yiddish proverb, but the loris would agree, and most lorises really love their teeth. Being strepsirrhine primates, lorises have really neat…
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