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After investigative reporting revealed 31 sloths died at a planned Orlando attraction, the 13 survivors found a safe home at an accredited zoo. Public pressure and federal scrutiny helped shut down the facility that imported wild animals into inadequate conditions.
A Florida zoo captured the heartwarming moment when Teddy the sloth met his newborn son for the first time. At 37 and 47 years old, Grizzly and Teddy are among the oldest sloths ever to have a baby.
A Florida zoo team traveled to Zimbabwe and used "ridiculous" training techniques to save a wild rhino from going blind. Within two weeks, they taught the 4,000-pound animal to trust humans enough to accept eye drops for a parasitic infection.
When a wild rhino in Zimbabwe faced blindness from a parasitic eye infection, animal behaviorists from Florida flew to Africa with a plan locals called "completely ridiculous." Two weeks later, the rhino was holding still for daily eyedrops.
A "ridiculous" plan hatched at a Florida zoo saved an endangered rhino from going blind in Zimbabwe. Within two weeks, local rangers learned to safely give eye drops to a wild rhino named Thuza.