How “Unprecedented” International Cooperation Saved One Little Primate’s Life

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Buddy is a Bengal slow loris, a type of endangered primate found in India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, China and Thailand. The largest type of loris, the Bengal is described by some as about the size of a bag of sugar. Only a few thousand are thought to remain in the wild.

All lorises are at great risk these days because unthinking people want them as pets.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-unprecedented-international-cooperation-saved-one-little-primates-life.html#ixzz3CpdzdSKn

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