CONTROVERSY: Rihanna Poses With Slow Loris In Phuket

While in Thailand over the weekend Rihanna posed with the above slow loris which is an endangered primate. Vendors use these endangered animals to charge money for photos with tourists which is highly illegal because the loris is a protected species and many are subjected to abuse by their handlers in order to be handled in such a manner.

Because Rihanna posted this photo Phuket authorities were able to arrest the loris' handlers. It seems that local authorities wanted to make an example after the pop star posted the photo and received more than 200k likes.


One other thing Rihanna received a lot of was backlash from her followers for posting the photo initially.

Ok. If it was a dog for instance, something that is not endangered, its an animal that u can own. A endangered animal cant be owned. They take them from their mothers when they are babies, just so they dont develop their instinkts, they remove their teeth so it can't bite in deffence. They get some of their paws removed so they wont be able to grab something or someone cause' their fingers are so strong it can tare your face off. Some of the ones that get saved can never return to the wild, its like a dog who belives that he is human and dont understand why his foodplate is on the floor. Their instinkts are not being developed. And thats sad. I'm glad those men are in jail. Its just sad. We all have to know this. When we go on holliday we need to know this. - @treehuggersandpeacelovers