A broken canopy
A sloth that cannot cross a gap in the canopy has to come down to the ground, which is where most of them are hurt.
Your symbolic adoption supports the Wildlife Connect Sloth Fund, which provides funding to vetted organizations working to protect sloths and their habitats.
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| Item | $25 | $50 | $100 | $250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold plated 2026 ornamentFree through December 20th, 2026 | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Personalized adoption certificate | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Collectible species cardFront and back | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| 8" plush | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| 12" plush | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Wildlife Connect tote | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
Sloths are famous for doing very little, which disguises how precarious their lives have become. Behind the ones still living in intact canopy is a surprising amount of effort: rehabilitation centers raising orphans, insulated covers fitted over power lines, canopy bridges strung across road gaps, and releases planned around forest that can still hold an animal.
A symbolic adoption turns that work into something personal.
Your adoption helps support the organizations protecting sloths and the forest they move through. The fixes here are unusually concrete, and insulating a single stretch of power line stops electrocutions on it permanently. Two species are already in trouble. The pygmy three-toed sloth is Critically Endangered, and the maned sloth of Brazil's Atlantic forest is Vulnerable.
And your adoption gives you something to hold onto, too.
You'll receive a personalized adoption certificate and a collectible, numbered species card that tells the story of the animal you're helping protect. At higher adoption levels, you'll also receive a sloth plush: a small, tangible reminder of something much bigger.
Because the best gifts don't disappear when they're opened. They spark curiosity. They start conversations. They remind us that an animal hanging in a cecropia tree in Costa Rica is part of our world, too. Its future is something all of us can help protect.
Adopt a sloth. Help protect its canopy. Become part of its story.
Population trend: mixed. Most sloths are not currently endangered. The pygmy three-toed sloth is Critically Endangered, and the maned sloth of Brazil's Atlantic forest is Vulnerable.
A sloth that cannot cross a gap in the canopy has to come down to the ground, which is where most of them are hurt.
Lines run through the canopy and sloths climbing them are electrocuted. Insulating a line stops it permanently.
A sloth needs minutes to cross a road, which is long enough that many of them do not.
Free-roaming dogs attack sloths caught on the ground, and those injuries fill rehabilitation centers.
Funds from our sloth adoptions go to the Wildlife Connect Sloth Fund, which supports vetted wildlife sanctuaries and conservation organizations working to protect sloths, their habitats, and the many species that live alongside them.
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