Florida Democrat ‘appalled’ by report 31 sloths died in storage warehouse 

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said Thursday that he was appalled by a report about the death of 31 sloths that died under the care of Sloth World, a tourist attraction in Orlando, Fla., that wasn’t yet opened to the public.

The sloths were from South American rainforests and perished in storage warehouses between December 2024 and February 2025, according to an incident report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

“These sloths — naturally solitary animals — were put in the worst conditions possible,” Frost said in a Thursday post on social platform X. “They were taken from their natural habitats to a packed warehouse that wasn’t properly heated and allowed for the spread of deadly viruses, leading to a stress-induced death.”

The incident report stated that the facility’s owner at the time, Peter Bandre, told inspectors that 21 of the sloths from Guyana died from a “cold stun.” This happened because the warehouse was not ready to receive the sloths during........

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