The grey slender loris: Conservation success in Sri Lanka

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The grey slender loris is found only in Sri Lanka and parts of India.

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Human activity is threatening the habitat of this nocturnal primate, but one site in Sri Lanka is now seeing a boost in numbers.

Hotel Jetwing Vil Uyana in central Sri Lanka put development plans on hold when the animals were discovered there in 2010, and now runs a successful conservation area to protect them.

Click to view video on BBC.com

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Resident naturalist, Chaminda Jayasekara, runs the site.

Extra footage courtesy of Chaminda Jayasekara

Camera and editing: Chaminda Dissanayaka

Production: Charles Haviland

Courtesy: BBC