 One of the first cases of slow loris smuggling was documented by the International Primate Protection League ( <unk> ) in November 1974 . The California Department of Fish and Game in San Francisco found 15 slow lorises in a bag labeled " spitting cobras " in a shipment from Thailand that also contained snakes , tortoises , and otters . Because of mistakes and inconsistencies in the order , it was unclear whether the receiving wildlife company was a target of a hoax or whether it had attempted to conceal the shipment . 
