The Little Fireface Project

Slow lorises are unique Asian primates. Their vice-like grip, snake-like movements, shy nature and venomous bite make them unique amongst primates. They also are to many people undeniably adorable, and to others, nature's answer to over 100 diseases. Their slow movements make them easy prey to expert hunters who literally empty the forests of these shy primates -- amongst the most common mammals seen in Asia's illegal animal markets, but amongst the rarest spotted even in Asia's best protected forests.

The Little Fireface Project is the world's longest-running loris conservation project, started in 1993. Our research was highlighted in the film Jungle Gremlins of Java. We aim to save lorises from extinction through learning more about their ecology and using this using this information to educate local people and law enforcement officers, leading  to empathy and empowerment whereby people in countries where lorises exist will want to save them for themselves.