{"id":270524,"date":"2026-05-14T06:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270524\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:20:10","slug":"florida-suspends-sloth-imports-amid-sloth-world-debacle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270524\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida suspends sloth imports amid Sloth World debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Florida Fish &amp; Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday suspended most sloth imports to the state for 60 days, a victory for lawmakers and conservationists seeking to secure a permanent ban following the deaths of dozens of the animals acquired for a scrapped Orlando attraction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFlorida making this decision will send a ripple effect across the country,\u201d said state Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, who had met with FWC officials to voice her concerns along with sloth experts based in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The executive order, published hours after it was announced in a public meeting in Fort Myers, still allowed the entry of sloths scheduled to arrive in Florida before Wednesday with proper documentation, including a captive wildlife importation permit issued by FWC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s not clear how the order will be enforced, and an FWC spokesperson did not respond to a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/05\/13\/florida-suspends-sloth-imports-amid-sloth-world-debacle\/?lctg=6444346364A53534E4BFE5B5BE&amp;utm_email=6444346364A53534E4BFE5B5BE&amp;active=no&amp;utm_source=listrak&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sun-sentinel.com%2F2026%2F05%2F13%2Fflorida-suspends-sloth-imports-amid-sloth-world-debacle%2F&amp;utm_campaign=trib-sun_sentinel-breaking_news-nl&amp;utm_content=alert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Read more at the South Florida Sun Sentinel here.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Read more at the South Florida Sun Sentinel here.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Read more at the South Florida Sun Sentinel here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Fish &amp; Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday suspended most sloth imports to the state for 60&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2217,53441,28,30,29,4747,44632],"class_list":["post-270524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-anna-eskamani","tag-conservationists","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-fwc","tag-sloth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270524","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=270524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}