Indonesian NGO offers to rescue slow loris from euthanasia
13 Apr 2014, 4:31 PM
Lucy Lovell
The plight of an illegally trafficked slow loris has attracted international attention with the Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN) offering to re-home the animal and a petition being launched to rescue it from euthanasia.
“We are much willing to repatriate this endangered primate back to Indonesia,” stated Femke Den Haas, founder of the Slow Loris Rehabilitation Centre has told the Ministry of Environment.
“We oppose the plan to euthanise. The loris should provided specialised veterinary care and high animal welfare standards.”
However, the reply from the government – also obtained by Minivan News – outlined a number of difficulties that needed to be overcome before they could proceed.
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