Perhaps you got your first look at the sweet face of a loris over the weekend, when pop singer Rihanna created a fuss in Thailand by Instagramming herself striking a pose with a slow loris on her shoulder. Since loris videos began popping up on the net, Nekaris and her team have identified over 100 individual lorises on YouTube-more than are currently found in accredited zoos. A YouTube spokesperson referred me to a statement the company uses in these types of cases: "All videos uploaded to YouTube must comply with our Community Guidelines, which prohibit posting videos showing animal abuse. Users who see a video they believe is inappropriate can flag it to our staff so that we may review it. Any content found to violate our policies is removed from YouTube." In the meantime, Nekaris and her team are busy showing us the ugly side of loris pet trade, giving the primates a presence on Google aside from cuddly videos.
Source: http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/09/hey-youtube-rihanna-stop-promoting-the-illegal-pet-trade-loris
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