"You may have seen YouTube videos or Facebook posts of a cute little animal called a Slow Loris being kept as a pet and tickled. But would you think it was cute if you knew that tickling a Slow Loris is actually torturing it and that Slow Loris's are suffering terribly as a result of the illegal pet trade fuelled by these videos.
If I told you that before a Slow Loris is sold as pet, it's teeth are removed without anaesthetic would you still want to watch it and share it with your friends?
If I told you that this Loris has her arms up because she is terrified and is trying to protect herself by gathering venom from a gland inside her elbow, would you still think it is cute?
Thousands of Loris's are viscously poached from the wild to be illegally sold on the street or in markets. Now do you still want to support this trade?
Loris's are smuggled in dark overcrowded airless containers, alongside the bodies of other Loris's that have died. If I told you that bright lights hurt their eyes, that most Slow Loris pets suffer from malnutrition, that in the wild Slow Loris's travel long distances as night, would you still think it is acceptable to keep one in a cage?
In short, the Slow Loris Pet Trade has to stop, before it is to late. Please stand, Sign the Pledge, Expose the Truth at www.ticklingistorture.org.
References:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/11675270/Stop-tickling-slow-lorises-campaigners-urge.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=57&v=otTNxR8C4uE
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