It’s been said that “love for money is root to all evil” and the sad reality is that people are ready to go above and beyond solely for the purpose of becoming reach, even if that means making others miserable.
The wild animals trafficking is one of those cruel ways of making money. Recently, 79 slow lorises had been found stuffed into tiny crates. The poor animals were left with not enough food or water, starving, scared, and left fighting for their life.
Slow lorises are one of the most widely illegally traded animals. People love them for their unique looks, but very few are aware that they are on the verge of extinction.
Hopefully this story will serve as a wake-up call for the animal lovers and activists who would spread the word of the issue even further.
The number of slow lorises that are poached from their natural habitat to be illegally sold is very huge. These particular animals that were reported by a neighbor who had noticed how two men were placing them into the boxes were taken from the jungle in West Java, Indonesia. The final destination was supposed to be China, where they would end up as someone’s pets.
After the authorities were informed about the case, they arrested the traffickers and quickly reached out to the officials of the West Java Regional Office of the Forestry Department (BKSDA) and International Animal Rescue (IAR).
The rescuers arrived in no time, but unfortunately, the animals were in a very horrible condition and it was way too late for some of them.
According to International Animal Rescue, during the process of transportation, which is done in overcrowded and poorly ventilated containers, 30 to 90 percent of the slow lorises die.
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