- The recent deaths of grey slender lorises on roads near the forest area of Kesampatti in Madurai district have revived the plea to declare the area a sanctuary to protect the species, which is placed in the endangered list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- This species is placed under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
- The IUCN has listed red slender loris under near-threatened species, and grey slender loris under endangered species.
- While India’s first slender loris sanctuary was announced in the forest area of Kadavur covering 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul districts, the Kesampatti area must also be announced as another sanctuary.
