Sloths sure are cute! So many people have been enamored by these pleasant, slow moving tree dwellers that some enterprising capitalists decided to hire a bunch of people to snatch sloths from their native habitat and transport them to build a big garish building in Orlando to create a sloth-only zoo and make a big pile of money by exploiting the objects of people's affections.
But since they knew or cared little about sloth's anatomy, and didn't even bother to hire a veterinarian trained in wild animals (their only vet had previously only worked with dogs and cats), they didn't realize that sloths are very sensitive to changes in temperature and they stored their ill-gotten captives in warehouses with no climate control and limited access to food and water.
As a result, 55 sloths died and those who remained alive have all been transported to other places that can hopefully give them better treatment. Only ten sloths remain alive, and their health is considered to be in jeopardy.
Rating profit as more important than life is a major trait of unregulated capitalism and this is just one more of many, many examples of why this greedy system needs to stop.
Our sources for this meme are USA Today and WESH TV (Orlando)
But since they knew or cared little about sloth's anatomy, and didn't even bother to hire a veterinarian trained in wild animals (their only vet had previously only worked with dogs and cats), they didn't realize that sloths are very sensitive to changes in temperature and they stored their ill-gotten captives in warehouses with no climate control and limited access to food and water.
As a result, 55 sloths died and those who remained alive have all been transported to other places that can hopefully give them better treatment. Only ten sloths remain alive, and their health is considered to be in jeopardy.
Rating profit as more important than life is a major trait of unregulated capitalism and this is just one more of many, many examples of why this greedy system needs to stop.
Our sources for this meme are USA Today and WESH TV (Orlando)
Meme, Sloths, Sloth World, Death, Wild Capture, Orlando, Florida