Sloth activist campaigns for new home!

The sloths of Suriname are a political bunch; unafraid of standing up (or rather lying down) for their right to spend their lives snoozing in the trees. 

But their peaceful life is being threatened by greedy loggers, savage dogs and unlawful poachers. Luckily they have a friend in Monique Pool who’s planning to set up a sanctuary to save homeless orphaned and injured sloths.

Monique needs all the financial help and publicity she can get so please visit her website http://www.greenfundsuriname.org/en/ and donate. And quick. This baby sloth’s arms are getting very tired and he needs somewhere more suitable to sleep than an old plastic bucket.

Attention sloth fans! Be sure to watch the Ellen Degeneres show on Monday night. Kristen Bell is a guest and Ellen is playing her my Bucket of sloth video to see if she can cope with the cute. How big do you think her meltdown will be this time?

Back in April this year I went undercover with ABC Nightline to investigate   the problem of sloth trafficking in Colombia. The segment aired this week and is a powerful reminder that although sloths are undeniably cute, they should never be kept as pets.

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Proof, if proof were needed, that sloths are now the somnolent kings of Tumblr. Yay! Zzzzzzz….

Proof, if proof were needed, that sloths are now the somnolent kings of Tumblr. Yay! Zzzzzzz….

Internet + sloths = the gif that keeps on gifing

Internet + sloths = the gif that keeps on gifing

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My wonderful publisher, Simon and Schuster, has donated 500 copies of A LITTLE BOOK OF SLOTH to the Aviarios sloth sanctuary. The books are helping to raise money for a release programme for the orphaned baby sloths. If you love sloths please log on to the fundraiser site and donate generously to receive a very special copy of my book: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-our-sloths

Dolphin smile like sloth. Sloth love dolphin. A lot.
Sloth biologist Rebecca Cliffe is raising money to save sloths through Indiegogo. Help her mount this enormous task by donating here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-our-sloths

Dolphin smile like sloth. Sloth love dolphin. A lot.

Sloth biologist Rebecca Cliffe is raising money to save sloths through Indiegogo. Help her mount this enormous task by donating here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-our-sloths

Sloth bowl haircuts are so Beiber 2010. Fashion forward sloths are rocking a gelled up-do this season. Nice.

Sloth bowl haircuts are so Beiber 2010. Fashion forward sloths are rocking a gelled up-do this season. Nice.

Happy Mother’s Day from Slothville

Happy Mother’s Day from Slothville

Check out this cutie - working hard on his climbing technique.  To help orphaned baby sloths like this one grow up and climb trees in the wild please donate to scientist Rebecca Cliffe’s rehabilitation project at the sloth sanctuary of Costa Rica http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-our-sloths

Check out this cutie - working hard on his climbing technique.

To help orphaned baby sloths like this one grow up and climb trees in the wild please donate to scientist Rebecca Cliffe’s rehabilitation project at the sloth sanctuary of Costa Rica http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-our-sloths

I love the face on this baby sloth - blissed out as it hangs out with its mum.  The sloth sanctuary of Costa Rica rescues orphaned baby sloths that have lost their mums to dogs or roads. The biologist Rebecca Cliffe is fundraising to start a rehabilitation programme which will see the orphaned babies released back into the wild where they can become mums themselves. Please support her project by donating a few dollars or sharing this link http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-our-sloths

I love the face on this baby sloth - blissed out as it hangs out with its mum.

The sloth sanctuary of Costa Rica rescues orphaned baby sloths that have lost their mums to dogs or roads. The biologist Rebecca Cliffe is fundraising to start a rehabilitation programme which will see the orphaned babies released back into the wild where they can become mums themselves. Please support her project by donating a few dollars or sharing this link http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-our-sloths

Mount Slothmore remembers those sloths that have changed history…slowly

Mount Slothmore remembers those sloths that have changed history…slowly

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Making it to the end of the week often feels a lot like this…

Making it to the end of the week often feels a lot like this…

Mid week sloth boost courtesy of A LITTLE BOOK OF SLOTH, which is actually a book of little sloths….

Mid week sloth boost courtesy of A LITTLE BOOK OF SLOTH, which is actually a book of little sloths….

So good it makes me want to scream

So good it makes me want to scream

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