A big news in this small countryside village
Grandpa: I don't know which planet has it fallen from...
My god.. it has a very strange look
Grandma: I came out all startled and saw my dog was biting on this thing
A strange creature startled this old couple at this very spot!
Grandpa: I think it had no neck. It was staring right into my eyes
It had 2 eyes, 5 fingers like humans... it was there staring at me
Dark night
A strange creature with big eyes and human-like fingers
appeared at this old couple's house
and attacked the grandpa....
Grandpa: I picked it up and it bit me. I bled a lot
There are scars on the grandpa's fingers still
What could it have been?
After struggling, the creature was transferred to a nearby animal shelter
Vet: I was shocked. I wasn't sure what it was. It looked like a monkey or a sloth
The creature that scared the vet, too, was...
a small monkey with big eyes!
The monkey, god knows where it's from, was busy gulping down the food as if it starved for long
Rescuer: I've never seen an animal like this before
Rescuer: I wasn't sure if it's a weasel, a raccoon dog or a badger.
Rescue: I think it was on a jungle survival show on TV
Production crew: Oh, really?
Rescue: It looked very similar
It was a slow loris
which is known for its big eyes and sloth like movement
Although it may look cute, it's hiding lethal venom under its armpits
Slow lorises are categorised as class 1 endangered animal and needs to be protected.
It is a very rare species
How come this precious little one end up in this subrurban area?
We finally met the slow loris in question at a national park animal shelter
However, his right eye looked very odd..
The slow loris was very small it could fit in the rescuer's palm, and it was very bony
Curled up, it was shivering with its unusually swollen eye
Vet: they are 2.5 larger than normal-sized eyes. I think it's due to glaucoma
Due to glaucoma, the right eye has swollen extremely, and has lost it's function
The vet says that the infection is spreading...
Vet: If this continues, it'll pressure other tissues inside so he will be in a lot of pain
The vet suspects that he had been in such pain for a few months now due to glaucoma
It is awfully strange that he's left unattended in this surburban area
First things first, we need to help him get better
We gave him slow loris' fav fruits and insects
Keeper: Come. Eat this!
Thankfully, he is recovering bit by bit in this esteablishment
One strange thing is that he's not very wary of humans
Keeper: It needs training to be able to pick up food from human hands
I think he has an experience of being fed by human and that's why he has no trouble getting food off my hands
Keeper: Hold it
When ask to hold hold his hand, he even responds
What's happened to him?
Slow lorises can't move around long distances, even it isn't in jungle
Park Soon Seok, Vet: It doens't seem like he's lived in this area for long. It's more likely that someone abandoned him here
The vet suspects that someone abandoned and neglected him
Perhaps the person couldn't afford to treat his illness
We can only guess, but one thing that's sure is this is a horrible thing that happened to him
Park Soon Seok, Vet: His eyes must have hurt so much due to infection
if it gets cold in the night
It's likely that he dies, without anyone knowing
The life in th is suburban area must be difficult for him
Without sight, he came to a house to seek help
If the old couple ignored his signals...
he wouldn't have survived
How pitiful..
To see if his eye is treatable
we took him to the eye doctor nearby
Perhaps due to pain, he spends most of his day crouching
The emergency examiantion proceeds... and the result was worse than expected
The infection due to glaucoma is spreading all over his body
Vet: I think 2-3 months must have passed to be in this state
This gives him so much pain, too
The only way to reduce pain and stop it from spreading is
to remove the right eye with glaucoma
The operation table is ready
The eye removal surgery took over two hours
Vet: The surgery wen very well. We sutured it temporarily for protective measure
He'll no longer be in pain
Althought he lost one of hie eyes, the vet says he'll be able to survive with other senses via rehabilitation
There's nothing we can do to cure his hurt soul..
Animal protection org: People raise these kind of animals out of curiosity
due to that selfishness, aniamls suffer unspeakable amount of pain
and is losing their lives
Vet: These foreign species die tragically when they are abandoned
they get hunted or die of starvation. So they die in pain
One day, slow loris appeared in this suburban area
Perhaps, it is a message
from animals, dying due to human greed
When will we realise that the true beauty of wildlife...
lies not in human hands, but in nature?