Man finally gets rewarded after searching 6 months for endangered slow loris
He had been hoping to see the elusive slow loris again ever since his last sighting in October 2024.
On the night of March 15, Stomper John Lee finally got his wish.
John, founder of Wildlife Asia (Singapore), recounted: "I had been searching for the slow loris for around four to five hours, but to no avail. I kept spotting animals like the long-tailed macaque, colugos and Asian palm civets on trees, but there was no rare loris."
He was "shocked" when he finally spotted the slow loris.
"After a long six-month search, it was a joyful day for me that made all my effort worthwhile," John told Stomp.
"It was an unbelievable feeling to actually encounter a real wild slow loris in the Singapore jungle."
The Stomper declined to share the animal's exact location due to its critically endangered status.
According to the National Parks Board (NParks), the population size of the Sunda slow loris is decreasing globally due to habitat loss and illegal pet trade.
A nocturnal creature, it is one of the few mammals whose bite is known to be venomous.
