Baby Sloth Rescue: Costa Rica Sanctuary Cares For Sloths (VIDEO)

Get ready for an overload of cuteness! Our friends at VBS.TV bring us this adorable video from the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica.

Claire Trimer, who calls herself a baby sloth wrangler, says the Sanctuary is home to around 135 sloths. Trimer cares for the infant animals, and discusses how some of the baby sloths are orphans who have lost their mothers.

Unfortunately, rapidly expanding human development has threatened the lives of sloths, and the Sloth Sanctuary's website says they are not only endangered from habitat loss, but from power-line electrocution, traffic accidents, hunting, and even senseless violence.

The Sloth Sanctuary not only raises orphaned sloths and rehabilitates injured ones, but also has an education division to help teach children how to appreciate the creatures and their fragile ecosystem.

Visit the Sloth Sanctuary's website at SlothRescue.org to find out how you can donate or volunteer to help.

UPDATE: The video was created by Lucy Cooke, who is producing a one hour special on the sanctuary for 'Animal Planet'. Check out her blog HERE and more of her videos HERE.

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Comments

[missouriwatcher]

08:13 PM on 08/11/2010

Really moving video. I noticed that they seem to have more 2-toed sloths than 3-toed (the ones I'm most familiar with). I wonder if they have a similar organization to care for orphans of the sloth relatives, the anteaters?

[ginny1920]

06:50 AM on 08/10/2010

I just love the sloths, they are so lazy and cute. :-)

[SirenForSanity]

12:19 AM on 08/10/2010

I had to watch it twice. "They never want to hurt anybody, all they want is to be happy and peaceful."

[turamali]

07:49 PM on 08/21/2010

I watched it twice also and would have copied to my computer if I could. We could all learn something from these lovely creatures.

[nicekappa1]

11:51 PM on 08/09/2010

Sweet creatures, nice music, great people. Thanks for this.

[bboyy]

09:12 PM on 08/09/2010

nice to see an article where humans are doing nice things. Sure this nice feeling won't last long

[bboyy]

09:03 PM on 08/09/2010

finally- a story with decent humans. Shame its so few and far between.

[liblizard]

05:53 PM on 08/09/2010

About 135 sloths in their sanctuary????
The U.S. has that beat: there are 178 Republicans in the House of Representatives....

[Politisizer]

04:32 PM on 08/09/2010

Another species that humans are pushing onto the endangered list. Shame.

[Renee Libby]

03:32 PM on 08/09/2010

All sloths move to Costa Rica. Ask Rush Limbaugh. ; )