Zoos

Five of the sloths that came to the zoo died. The survivors are doing well and getting more comfortable with zoo staff and the veterinary processes required to ensure their health.

Nine sloths remain in the care of the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, after 13 recently arrived there in poor condition from a Sloth World warehouse.

No law required Sloth World operators to report animal deaths to the state, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

On the day Bandit the sloth died, State Rep. Anna Eskamani sent a formal request, asking the Florida attorney general to open a criminal investigation

The zoo has decades of experience raising sloths and will give the animals "the best chance to survive," according to zoo leadership.

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