Rescuers Make the Saddest Discovery at Seaside Resort [View all]

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By: Alicia Graef April 25, 2017 (Video at bottom)

The tourism industry has taken some big steps to stop the exploitation of wild animals, but a recent rescue effort has highlighted how much more needs to be done on our part to help stop the illegal wildlife trade.

After receiving reports of 17 endangered slow lorises being kept in deplorable conditions as an attraction for visitors at a resort in West Borneo, wildlife officials and rescuers from International Animal Rescue (IAR) headed to the scene to help.

Unfortunately, there were only ten lorises when they arrived. Of those, only seven were alive, while the bodies of the three who had died had been left to rot in their enclosure.

They had been to a small area with only three trees, and despite being shy and nocturnal animals, they were subjected to spotlights at night so visitors could view them.

FULL story: http://www.care2.com/causes/rescuers-make-the-saddest-discovery-at-seaside-resort.html

For more information, visit: https://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/news/grim-discovery-during-operation-rescue-endangered-slow-lorises