Medicine, black magic and supernatural beings: Cultural rituals as a significant threat to slender lorises in India by Smitha D. Gnanaolivu, Marco Campera, K. Anne‐Isola Nekaris, Vincent Nijman, Roopa Satish, Sharath Babu, Mewa Singh

“…Data from 293 interviews revealed that astrologers regularly use live lorises for fortune‐telling or for warding off evil. Slender loris body parts are used to make traditional folk medicine, develop black magic potions that bring people harm, hypnotize people or to thwart evil. …”
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