The Sloth Institute makes every effort to educate the public about the ethical practices of tourism and enjoying wildlife such as sloths. The country of Costa Rica and The Sloth Institute do not condone the practice of paying or visiting establishments that offer to hold, feed, or take photos with sloths. The sloths you see at these tourist attractions have been kidnapped from the wild and treated poorly. The businesses are unethical. If you truly love sloths, we urge you to please follow ethical tourism.

Follow our FB page or check our blog Sloth Diaries where we often share updates and stories about sloths in our care. Thank you for message!

Thank you for your message. We are always going to be heartbroken about the loss of Monster. Thank you for sharing your experience, and for supporting TSI’s work!

Sloths are wild animals and if you really love sloths, please admire them in their natural habitat, which is the rainforest. When we offer sloths on our website for “adoption”, it is a symbolic gesture. We are asking sloth lovers to donate to help sloths. The only reason TSI has sloths in our care is because they are injured or sick and can not survive on their own. As soon as they are rehabilitated, we immediately release them back to the wild where they belong.

Please never pay or visit an establishment that offers to take photos or hold or feed sloths. Those businesses are unethical and purely are offering tourist attractions to make money. The sloths are suffering in those situations and we are trying to combat these activities and rescue the sloths to return them to the wild.

At the moment, we are not open to visitors. When we are open, you must be a guest at Tulemar. Please visit tulemar.com to see when they will begin accepting reservations. Thank you!