of a cute little animal called a slow loris being kept as a pet and tickled

But would you think it was cute

if you knew the tickling a slow loris is actually

torturing it?

And that slow lorises are suffering terribly

as result of the pet trade, fueled by these videos.

if I told you that before a slow loris is sold as a pet

it's teeth are removed without anaesthetic.

Would you still want to watch it and share it with your friends?’

If I told you that this loris has her arms up because she is terrified and

is trying to protect herself by gathering venom from a gland inside her elbow

Would you still think it's cute?

Thousands of lorises are viciously poached from the wild

to be illegally sold on the street or in markets

Now do you still want to support the trade?

Lorises are smuggled in dark, overcrowded

and airless containers, alongside the bodies of other lorises that have died.

If I told you that bright lights hurt their eyes,

that most slow loris pets

suffer from malnutrition that. In the wild

slow lorises travel long distances at night

would you still think it's acceptable

to keep one in a cage? If you had seen the things

that the vets at International Animal Rescue have seen

you would know that the slow loris pet trade needs to stop.

Before it is too late

So please, stand with me and help expose the truth

hello my name's simon Reeve and

I'm TV traveler who is lucky enough to have seen

slow lorises in the wild. Please do not support

the cruel trade in slow lorises as pets

sign the pledge today and together we can work to expose the truth

and end this suffering

sign the pledge - expose the truth and together

we can end this suffering

thank you