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Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand (WARF)
Looks like it's not a good idea to be a Slow Loris in Phuket!!>>>
Two new slow lorises were received this month, one form Bangkok which unfortunately died of pneumonia soon after arriving at the project, and the second received from the local village. This second loris has joined another baby in the rehabilitation site and both slow lorises shall be released in the near future.
The GRP are still mourning the
loss of Shirley (adult female) and her nearly 6 month old baby Kernow to a three metre long adult python that slithered into their cage during the night of August 17 th . Shirley was killed but presumably too large for the snake to swallow and left on the floor of the cage where her body was collected by GRP staff and later buried.
However, baby Kernow was swallowed and then the swollen python was too large to exit the cage. GRP staff cut through the cage to catch the snake and carried it to a site for release near the Khao Phra Thaew Non-Hunting Area's office, clear of GRP's Rehabilitation site. Shirley's mate Mai was uninjured but clearly distressed. Currently he is in a cage next to Mee and Jojo and the staff are considering a new mate for him so that he still has a chance of release.