{"id":330107,"date":"2026-07-05T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330107\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T18:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:51:09","slug":"sloth-world-update-rescued-sloths-hitting-major-training-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330107\/","title":{"rendered":"Sloth World update: Rescued sloths hitting major training milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sloth-world-update.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article   <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; The Central Florida Zoo &amp; Botanical Gardens has shared a major milestone in the rehabilitation of the sloths rescued from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/fox-35-investigates\/sloth-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sloth World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">In the zoo\u2019s care unit, keepers use positive reinforcement and human desensitization to train the sloths to participate in their own checkups, completely eliminating the need for stressful sedation or restraint.<\/p>\n<p>    Chewie &amp; Phantom: The duo is training to hang from their back legs and do a &#8220;long stretch&#8221; toward the ground, positioning themselves perfectly for stress-free X-rays.Dolce: The resilient survivor was pictured snacking from a new hanging feeder, which was purchased by a community member via the zoo\u2019s Amazon Wishlist.  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The zoo continues to utilize public support to fund specialized care while the sloths complete their extended health quarantine.<\/p>\n<p> Meet the 8 remaining sloths <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/fox-35-investigates\/sloth-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sloth experts<\/a> and the keepers at the Central Florida Zoo said sloths require a strict diet and environment and, like most animals, often hide stress or potential medical issues. While some of the sloths have been moved out of the ICU, a sloth could go from a healthy condition to a grave condition quickly and without notice, the officials said.<\/p>\n<p> ChewyDolcePhantomBlackberryHazelLeelooMojo JojoPearl <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written based on information provided by the Central Florida Zoo on July 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/fox-35-investigates\/sloth-world\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sloth World sloths<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; The Central Florida Zoo &amp; Botanical Gardens has shared a major milestone in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[106146,115,139,141,140,44635],"class_list":["post-330107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fox-35-investigates","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-sloth-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330107","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=330107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}