Lorises in illegal trede regularly get all teeth broken
out. This is partly done with plyers on the markets, without anesthesia
or subsequent treatment (R. Kess, P. Troni, pers. comm.). As a consequence,
the animals are unable to eat or groom their fur properly, they suffer
from trauma, pain and severe infections of the wounds in the oral cavity,
which often develop into suppurating abscesses destroying the skull bone
and opening on the top of muzzle. This way the animals cannot defend when
abused as pets, but people buy sick animals which often either die of infections
or cause high veterinary costs.
Left: photo: treatment of a confiscated slow loris whose teeth have
been ripped out. Photo: H. Schulze. Middle, right: slow lorises showing
superficial traces of abscesses on the muzzle. Photos: WildAid / MoE Cambodia,
H. Fitch-Snyder. |