ORLANDO — Florida wildlife inspectors found no issues with sloths held at a renamed Orlando import facility during inspections in March 2026, according to follow-up state inspection reports. The facility, previously known as Sanctuary World Imports and now operating as Sloth World Inc., was the site of nearly 30 sloth deaths in 2024 and 2025.

Disease and cold temperatures killed the sloths at the Florida animal import warehouse over the two-year period, according to a report from state wildlife authorities. Twenty-one sloths imported from Guyana died at Sanctuary World Imports in December 2024 when temperatures dropped into the 40-to-55 degree Fahrenheit range, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation inspection report.

Sloths are unable to regulate their body temperature as well as other mammals and do best in the 68-to-85 degree Fahrenheit range, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

The building housing the sloths had no water and no electricity when the animals arrived, the facility licensee said. Space heaters were purchased, but they tripped a fuse and shut down, leaving the sloths without heat for at least one night, the licensee said.

The facility ordered 10 sloths from Peru, which arrived in February 2025, according to a report from state wildlife authorities. Two of those sloths were dead on arrival, and the rest appeared emaciated and died of what the report termed "poor health issues," according to the report.

The business was subsequently renamed Sloth World Inc. Peter Bandre, who had planned to interview for a new veterinarian — the facility's third — was no longer affiliated with the business after the renaming, according to follow-up state inspection reports.

Inspectors reported that in March 2026, independent heat and air conditioning at the facility was set at a constant temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit, and they did not observe any issues with the sloths held at the facility during those inspections.