Saving Sloths Together
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About the Program
Saving Sloths Together (SST) is a nationwide project that provides successful rewilding for orphaned, rescued, and rehabilitated sloths in Costa Rica. Established in 2017, the program gives medical care, enrichment, and nurturing of skills sloths needed to ensure a successful release back into the wild.
Saving Sloths Together receives injured sloths and orphans too young to survive in the wild. Although we had been caring for rescued sloths for years, the SST program was started to improve our release capabilities, especially for rescued baby sloths.
Combining Expertise
Initially, we worked with The Sloth Institute (TSI), a research organization. TSI had developed a program for raising orphaned baby sloths for release and using radio collars to track their progress in the wild.
TSI worked with us to train our staff and implement the program. Together, we conducted the program through a cycle from baby to release, which took about two years.
Dangers Sloths Face
Sloths are rescued for various reasons. Typical incidents include electrocution from power lines, car accidents, dog attacks, and human encroachment, such as deforestation and the illegal pet trade. Often, baby sloths suffer from injuries and the loss of their mother from such incidents.
This is when the Saving Sloths Together program takes action. We rescue hurt sloths and give them a second chance at life to release them back into the wild once they “graduate” from the rehabilitation and release program.
Why Sloths Need YOUR Help
Historically, sloths have been a highly successful arboreal species; however, growing human interactions and development in Costa Rica have made it difficult for them to thrive. As humans move further into the forests and coastlines, destroying natural habitats, sloths have been negatively impacted, and more significant numbers are dying. Couple this with the growing social media trends and publicities. Sloths are faced with more threats to their survival than ever before. While Costa Rica sloths are not yet ENdangered, they are IN danger and need our help before it’s too late.