Negotiations to re-home slow loris continue
20 Apr 2014, 3:21 PM
Lucy Lovell
Negotiations for the re-homing of the slow loris are continuing after another offer for relocating the illegally imported animal appeared to have stalled.
After new inquiries from the UK regarding the possible re-homing of the endangered animal, the Ministry of Environment has revealed that communication with prospective new carers has broken down.
The mission to re-home the slow loris has proven difficult since the illegally trafficked animal – who was discovered in the Maldives during a drugs raid by police in January – has no formal paperwork or certified country of origin.
The Ministry of Environment subsequently considered euthanasia based on a number of factors which made re-homing the animal both difficult and costly.
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