Sloths Die in Cold, New Leadership Brings Hope

0:00Nearly 30 sloths die from disease and freezing cold at an Orlando Animal import warehouse during 2024 and 2025. According to a Florida wildlife report, inspectors found 21 sloths, shipped from Guyana, perished in December 2024 after temps plunged into the 40s and 50s. Fahrenheit far below the 68 to 85 degrees, they need to thrive. Sloth struggled to control their own body heat compared to most mammals and the facility owner blamed a cold stun from no power, no water, and busted. Space heaters that left the animals exposed overnight. A few months later in February 2025, 10 more sloths arrived from Peru. Too dead right off the plane, the rest starved in sickly, dying. Soon after from health woes, as the place hunted for its third vet, these days, the spots under new leadership as Sloth World Incorporated with steady 82 degree heat and clean inspections showing healthy. Sloths hanging in there. That's your Canada News Today update,

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