Photo: Instagram
Thanks to the pop snger Rihanna’s Instagraming habits, two men who exploited an endangered primate have been arrested.
The pop sensation inadvertently became a protector of wildlife when she shared a photograph of herself cuddling with a slow loris, a squirrel-like animal with big eyes that is native to Southeast Asia and is listed as a protected species.
Police confiscated two lorises from a 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy. Both face charges of possession of protected animals, which carries a penalty of up to four years in prison and a THB40,000 fine, the AP reported.
In a caption below the now infamous photo Rihanna exclaims, “Look who was talkin dirty to me!”
Tami Schuster says
Now, if the authorities would get their act together, take a look at chatuchak Market and the way all defenseless animals are treated, the world would consider the intelligence and morality of the Kon-Thai toward all animals, to be what they pretend it is.