 In Japan alone , 39 confiscations including 363 live animals were made between 1998 and 2006 , with 2006 being the peak year . During the same time period , Thai , Indonesian , and Singaporean officials discovered 358 lorises destined for Japan . Details of several confiscations from smuggling attempts between Thailand and Japan have been reported by the IPPL , including one event on 2 May 2007 , where 40 slow lorises were confiscated at Narita Airport only a month before the CITES conference that elevated the slow loris status to Appendix I. Twelve of those animals died . The deaths are not unusual , with a mortality rate of 76 % for all species of confiscated slow lorises , many dying before they are transferred to zoos . The JWCS suspects that the high mortality rate among smuggled slow lorises causes traders to smuggle more slow lorises than are needed to supply the market . 
