In their cages, they had a few scraps of food but no water.

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Luckily, the police arrived and arrested the man who had sold the slow lorises before they were shipped out.

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All eight of the creatures were taken in by the International Animal Rescue (IAR).

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There are at least eight recognized species of slow lorises, these are all Javan slow lorises, which, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), are an endangered primate.

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These endangered animals are being removed to the wild to be sold as pets.

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