ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) report says that 31 sloths died in a wildlife facility in Orlando after the animals were imported from Guyana and Peru. On August 7, 2025, the FWC conducted an unannounced routine ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is creating a task force to make changes in the wake of Orlando’s failed Sloth World attraction that led to the death of dozens of animals.

The USDA inspection report, as reported by CBS17, says the child leaned in to kiss or hug the sloth just before it bit her in the face. Inspectors wrote that the zoo "failed to provide enough distance and/or a barrier between guests and the sloth to prevent guests from being harmed,

A two-toed sloth is coming to the Science Museum of Virginia. Why it matters: You won't get to hold it, but you can get up close and personal with the famously slow creature starting next Saturday. Driving the news: The sloth is part of a touring exhibition called "Survival of the Slowest that will be in town all summer.

With names this cute, picking just one won’t be easy.

A child was bitten by a sloth at the Aloha Safari Park in Moore County, a United States Department of Agriculture inspection report said. The report said the child was bitten on the face during a "public interaction event" where visitors can hold a sloth in their lap while an attendant supervises.