Baby Sloth

Baby Sloth Center Melts Hearts

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Sam Trull, co-founder of the Sloth Institute in Costa Rica, has been helping sloths return to the wild since 2013.  The Institute has three main goals:

  1. Research of captive and wild sloths;
  2. Collaboration with other institutions that work with sloths around the world; and
  3. Education to generate and disseminate responsible and balanced information about sloths to the public.

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 17This is why Sam Trull started The Sloth Institute Costa Rica…

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 26This is Kermie, the sloth that Trull rescued and which inspired her to start the Institute.

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 6A special "soft" release technique is used at the Institute.

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 31It allows sloths to take their time getting acclimated to the jungle before they go off on their own.

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 15"I co-founded The Sloth Institute because I wanted to spend all of my energy and time getting my hand-raised babies back into the jungle."

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 18"Sloths need trees to survive and not just any trees, but the right trees and enough trees."

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 3"They need a connected and healthy forest."

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 25"Those industries steal sloths from the wild for tourists to touch and the sloths die from stress."

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 16"For a sloth living near humans just trimming a tree can lead to death, let alone actually cutting an entire tree down."

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 5"In addition, humans come with electric wires, cars, dogs…"

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 21"…all things that affect every wildlife species, but especially sloths that do not have the ability to jump away from danger or run quickly across the road."

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 19"People can help by being responsible tourists."

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 22"When visiting a country with sloths, never pay to take a picture with one, hold one or pet one."

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 27"How can you not be drawn to species that just want to eat their leaves, relax in the sunshine and the breeze and have a good scratch?!"

cute baby sloth institute costa rica sam trull 24"In addition, they have a very curious and playful side, something most people have never and will never see."

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