Mass sloth deaths prompt US bill calling for import ban

Mongabay
Oct 23, 2026, 12:54 am78 ptsTrending
On Oct. 20, International Sloth Day, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Congress to ban the import of wild sloths into the United States. The proposed legislation comes months after the deaths of 58 of the approximately 69 sloths imported to Sloth World, a Florida-based tourist attraction. “We owe…

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