{"id":250764,"date":"2026-04-29T07:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250764\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T07:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:38:28","slug":"oviedo-mall-teams-up-with-central-florida-zoo-to-aid-sloth-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250764\/","title":{"rendered":"Oviedo Mall teams up with Central Florida Zoo to aid sloth rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSEMINOLE COUNTY. KENNEDY MASON WESH TWO NEWS AND NOAA VITA MALL IS GETTING BEHIND THE GROWING SUPPORT TO HELP THE ZOO WITH THEIR RESCUE EFFORTS. THE SLOTHS. THEY HAVE CREATED A WAY FOR YOU TO DONATE IN PERSON OR DIGITALLY. JUST HEAD TO O\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

‘Be a hero, help a sloth’: Oviedo Mall teams up with Central Florida Zoo to aid sloth rescue<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:40 PM EDT Apr 28, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOviedo Mall is partnering with the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens to support sloth rescue efforts and is encouraging the community to get involved. During The Great Geek Gathering and beyond, the mall will collect donations in person and through its official link to help provide care, recovery, and a better future for sloths in need. If preferred, donations can also be made directly through the zoo’s website. “Come out for the fun. Stay for the cause. Do something that matters,” organizers said.A report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows at least 31 sloths died months before the “Sloth World” experience was set to open.Thirteen surviving sloths from Sloth World were delivered on April 24 to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Sanford, where they are now being housed and cared for.The Central Florida Zoo anticipates that medical expenses and testing for the sloths will cost thousands of dollars. The zoo plans to provide updates on the animals and welcomes donations to support their care.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Oviedo Mall is partnering with the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens to support sloth rescue efforts and is encouraging the community to get involved. <\/p>\n

During The Great Geek Gathering and beyond, the mall will collect donation<\/a>s in person and through its official link<\/a> to help provide care, recovery, and a better future for sloths in need. <\/p>\n

If preferred, donations can also be made directly through the zoo’s website. <\/p>\n

“Come out for the fun. Stay for the cause. Do something that matters,” organizers said.<\/p>\n

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A report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows at least 31 sloths died months before the “Sloth World” experience was set to open.<\/p>\n

Thirteen surviving sloths from Sloth World were delivered on April 24 to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Sanford, where they are now being housed and cared for.<\/p>\n

The Central Florida Zoo anticipates that medical expenses and testing for the sloths will cost thousands of dollars. The zoo plans to provide updates on the animals and welcomes donations to support their care<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEMINOLE COUNTY. KENNEDY MASON WESH TWO NEWS AND NOAA VITA MALL IS GETTING BEHIND THE GROWING SUPPORT TO…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20393,6036,6654,25247,14059,28,12338,30,29,109686,18303,109684,666,24187,44632,109683,988,109685],"class_list":{"0":"post-250764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-botanical-gardens","9":"tag-care","10":"tag-central-florida-zoo","11":"tag-dollar","12":"tag-donation","13":"tag-florida","14":"tag-florida-fish","15":"tag-florida-headlines","16":"tag-florida-news","17":"tag-medical-expense","18":"tag-need","19":"tag-oviedo-mall-team","20":"tag-person","21":"tag-recovery","22":"tag-sloth","23":"tag-sloth-rescue","24":"tag-thousand","25":"tag-well-future"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250764","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=250764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}