A planned International Drive attraction called Sloth World will not open following dozens of animal deaths, conservation groups said late Friday, as 13 remaining sloths were placed in the care of animal experts at Central Florida Zoo & Biological Gardens.

A planned Florida animal attraction that imported dozens of wild sloths has sent 13 surviving animals to a local zoo, days after an Inside Climate News investigation revealed that more than 31 sloths had died in the company’s care.

The world’s first “slotharium” was slapped with a stop-work order Thursday after a probe alarmingly found 31 sloths had died in the care of the Florida company prior to its grand opening last month. Sloth World Orlando received two shipments of two- and three-toed sloths — one in December 2024 from Guyana and one from Peru in February 2025 — in anticipation of its March 1 opening on the city’s famed International Drive.

The warehouse on International Drive where 31 sloths intended for Sloth World Orlando reportedly died was not permitted to have animals or wildlife of any kind, FOX 35 has learned.

Thirty-one sloths planned for a new "slothnarium" in Florida have died before the attraction's planned opening, authorities have found. The mammals were planned to be showcased at a permanent, public exhibit at Sloth World in Orlando, set to open this spring.