"The animals, highly susceptible to illness when removed from their habitat, have been kept in a warehouse. More than 31 have died."
"On a busy tourist strip in Orlando, behind noisy bars and souvenir shops, 21 sloths in crates reached the end of a grueling international trip.
Soon, they would all be dead.
The tree-dwelling mammals were transferred to a warehouse resembling an old oil-change garage and placed in cages. The warehouse is the off-site facility of a new roadside attraction called “Sloth World,” a $49 animal encounter marketed as a conservation-focused center scheduled to open soon.
Nothing could have prepared the sloths for this. Until recently, they lived wild in the forest canopies of Guyana."
Katie Surma and Kiley Price report for Inside Climate News April 16, 2026.
