{
  "id": 16156437,
  "title": "Mass sloth deaths prompt US bill calling for import ban",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/mass-sloth-deaths-prompt-us-bill-calling-for-import-ban",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T04:54:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/mass-sloth-deaths-prompt-us-bill-calling-for-import-ban/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "On Oct. 20, International Sloth Day, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Congress to ban the import of wild sloths into the United States. The proposed legislation comes months after the deaths of 58 of the approximately 69 sloths imported to Sloth World, a Florida-based tourist attraction. “We owe it to these animals, […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}