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MALANG, 12/6 - SEIZED. A full-grown Sunda Loris (Nyctivebus coucang) is under treatment at an Animal Protection Centre in Petung Sewu, Malang, East Java, June 12, 2007. The animal is seized from its owner in Banyuwangi, as posessing an animal from Appendix 1 of the CITIES (Convention of International on Trade in Endangered Species) is prohibited. Every year, around six to seven thousand lorises are traded and most of them ended up died in captivity. Foto ANTARA/Ari Bowo Sucipto/mes/ox/07