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...... | If you see a loris illegally offered on a market,
please consider the following facts:
For each animal bought, the
next wild loris will be caught, or a loris mother be killed and her infant
taken away from her. Most loris forms are increasingly endangered in the
wild, and since they get few babies which are carefully reared over long
periods, losses due to hunting and trade increasingly threaten wild populations.
Trade with these sensitive
animals who easily die from stress is a cruelty. Please also think about
the fact that wild animals in captivity cannot choose the place and companions
they need for a satisfactory life, and that their senses are much finer
than human ones: they will perceive, and suffer from, things you do not
even notice. Lorises and pottos are adapted to free life in the nocturnal
forest. In captivity, they will suffer and most probably die an early and
unpleasant death from stress, painful diseases caused by wrong feeding
or accidents in an inadequate environment. And they often die a long, agonizing
death, suffering for weeks or even months.
Lorises permanently urinemark
their environment. In addition, they may be dangerous
pets. They can bite fiercely when feeling disturbed, and they produce a
toxin which in humans may cause severe to fatal anaphylactic shock.
And: Since lorises and pottos are threatened and protected animals, buying them and keeping them as pets is illegal in almost all countries, often with very high fines. So: Please
do not buy lorises as pets!
Do not support poaching
and the cruelty of illegal trade!
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