Slow down and check out our adorable slow lorises! To celebrate Slow Loris Outreach Week, we asked keepers to share photos and videos of the zoo's three lorises: Havarti, Ricotta and Mai Ly. Harvati and Ricotta live in the Akron Zoo's nocturnal animal building, while Mai Ly, one of the oldest slow lorises in the world, lives in retirement in the zoo's animal hospital. The pygmy slow loris is a small primate, standing at just six to ten inches long and weighing around two pounds. Lorises do not h

These slow lorises were rescued from the illegal pet market—and spared the pain of losing their teeth. | National Geographic

We run the largest slow loris rescue centre in the world, where we are currently providing round the clock care for almost 200 rescued slow lorises. The Javan slow loris is Critically Endangered, teetering on the edge of extinction as a result of the illegal pet trade Indonesia. Its huge brown eyes and soft fur make this small nocturnal primate highly prized as a pet and the victim of an online craze fuelled by videos on YouTube. As a result, many of the slow lorises arrive at our centre in a te