July 2012. Lorises appear to be the preferred target of wildlife traffickers, turning up in markets around the South-East Asian region and in seizures-including the dozen found in a traveller's suitcase at Suvarnabhumi International Airport this morning. Authorities at Thailand's largest and busiest airport found the lorises stuffed in cloth bags inside the suitcase of a Kuwait bound traveller, who was also carrying 11 pythons and one marmoset in her luggage.
Alert officers at the luggage-scanning counter of the airport noticed something odd about the x-ray images of the woman's bag and found the animals when they opened it for examination.
Slow lorises are in high demand as pets
As a downside of their cute, wide-eyed appeal, slow lorises are in high demand as pets not only in Southeast Asia but globally. The trade is ongoing in spite of a worldwide ban on international commercial trade that has been in place since 2007.
As a downside of their cute, wide-eyed appeal, slow lorises are in high demand as pets not only in Southeast Asia but globally. The trade is ongoing in spite of a worldwide ban on international commercial trade that has been in place since 2007.
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