<i>Rescue of a rare primate</i>

Photo: STAR

Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh crew revisited Mahadebtila of Harinchhara Tea Estate in Srimangal area to investigate the habitat of the rare bird Silver-breasted Broadbill. This time they spent 3 days but couldn't locate any Broadbill. However, they were able to rescue a rare primate: Slow Loris (Lajjaboti Banor in Bangla). WTB member Enam Ul Haque and researcher Samiul Mohsanin bought it for Tk 500 and released at the same place where a local had captured the primate the night before they arrived. We feel that a countrywide campaign against capturing and killing of our threatened wildlife need to be seriously addressed. Slow Loris is globally vulnerable and it is critically endangered in Bangladesh, that is at the verge of extinction.