Sloth World Rescue: One Dead, Twelve in Quarantine

0:00One of the rescued sloths from that troubled sloth world operation in Orlando has passed away. Bandit, the sickest of the 13 sloths brought to the Central Florida Zoo last Friday, was humanely euthanized on Wednesday after his condition, crashed despite round the clock care for dehydration, imbalances, and gut problems. The other 12 sloths are holding steady now, getting Taylor treatment and quarantine for at least 30 days. Zoo staff say they show low body weight and thirst when they arrived, but no public viewings yet. They'll eventually move to approved homes through. Zoo networks. This hits hard amid bigger issues at sloth world, where over 30 sloths died in just three months from shipments out of South America. Reports point to cold stress, fights, weakness, and mystery bugs, all warehouse near Orlando before rescue. Over to wildlife officials found no major rule breaks, no charges, just minor verbal warnings on cage sizes. They saw no proof of neglect or bad intent in those deaths.

1:01Meanwhile, sloth world's owner says he's shutting down the Orlando spot and filing bankruptcy, blaming an undetectable virus for the loss as while, denying higher death counts. The zoo's still fighting for those 12 survivors. I'm Corey with the story, that's your Tepper Bay news today update, AI powered and always on.