International Sloth Day is celebrated every October 20th, and it’s the day to learn more about the world’s slowest-moving mammal, raise awareness about the problems they are facing, and how to help wild sloths.
Celebrating and Raising Awareness
Sloths play an important role in tropical forest ecosystems: they are indicators of environmental health and have significant cultural and economic importance in countries like Costa Rica. Sloths are an ‘umbrella’ species: protecting them and the habitat in which they live ultimately benefits a whole host of other species, from poison dart frogs to Great Green Macaws.
However, their rainforest home becomes more fragmented
and degraded with each passing day. Sloths are facing numerous threats, and
they are actively studied and conservation initiatives are being developed to
ensure their survival and protect their natural habitats.
