The Harry Potter Effect and Indonesia’s Owls
Harry Potter and Owl Trade Since the 1990s, the Little Fireface Project team has been conducting surveys in Java’s notorious animal markets. In 2017,…
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Japan’s role in illegal slow loris trade
Oxford, United Kingdom Slow lorises are cute but venomous nocturnal primates found from India to the Philippines; the nine currently recognised species are all…
Read MoreTop Reasons why Slow Loris Pet Videos ARE Cruel
by Anna Nekaris So here it is – a list of what any would-be slow loris conservationist needs to know, and ammunition to apply…
Read MoreAnd the Oscar goes to …
It was the first time I was going to an animal market in Indonesia. I knew all about it, I knew it would be…
Read MoreLFP to participate in ZACC!
Prof Anna Nekaris and PhD candidate Johanna Rode will participate in this year’s ZACC conference (Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation) to be held…
Read MoreExperts gather to tackle slow loris trade
Sukabumi – last week over 50 people from government agencies, national and international universities, NGOs and rescue centres met in the Cikananga Wildlife Rescue…
Read MoreThe 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…
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 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 2: Babies the weight of paperclips? Slow loris!
Fireface Slow Loris Awareness Week Fact 2 is about slow loris reproduction! No one can resist the fluffball that is a loris infant, except…
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