{"id":246087,"date":"2026-04-25T10:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246087\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:39:17","slug":"florida-congressman-calls-for-investigation-into-sloth-world-after-31-sloths-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246087\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Congressman Calls for Investigation Into Sloth World After 31 Sloths Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260424_a959ead60bca4a18920cedfd8c2c5a0e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:458160ac-425e-47b1-adba-fefff114dbe7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a959ead60bca4a18920cedfd8c2c5a0e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Congressman Maxwell Frost USDA 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>An Orlando-area congressman is sounding the alarm over a controversial attraction called Sloth World &#8230; urging federal officials to step in before more animals are harmed.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/maxwell-frost\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxwell Frost<\/a> is calling on a federal agency to launch an immediate investigation into the facility, alleging deeply troubling conditions persisting ahead of its opening to the public.<\/p>\n<p>      Before it even opened, Sloth World saw 31 sloths die after being kept in unsafe conditions.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve called on the Secretary of Agriculture and USDA to investigate Sloth World, protect any surviving sloths, and prevent more from being brought in.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot allow this to continue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WFiDhUwQoI\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/WFiDhUwQoI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ltn8ZlEUYh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ltn8ZlEUYh<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMaxwellFrost\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@RepMaxwellFrost<\/a>\n          <\/p>\n<p>Frost said in a statement &#8230; &#8220;Before it even opened, Sloth World saw 31 sloths die after being kept in unsafe conditions.&#8221; Frost continues &#8230; &#8220;I&#8217;ve called on the Secretary of Agriculture and USDA to investigate Sloth World, protect any surviving sloths, and prevent more from being brought in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker ends his passionate declaration with &#8220;We cannot allow this to continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260424_3eb2ef082cc8409abbb26a4f80e8d3c4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:458160ac-425e-47b1-adba-fefff114dbe7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3eb2ef082cc8409abbb26a4f80e8d3c4_md.jpg\" alt=\"maxwell frost x 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the congressman, the deaths raise serious questions about how the animals were being housed and cared for behind the scenes &#8230; and he&#8217;s pushing for swift federal action to ensure any remaining sloths are safe and that no additional animals are put at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The USDA has not yet publicly responded to the request for an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Orlando-area congressman is sounding the alarm over a controversial attraction called Sloth World &#8230; urging federal officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-246087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}