WATCH LIVE: Congressman Maxwell Frost to introduce federal legislation banning sloth imports

A new federal bill aimed at protecting sloths from trafficking and commercial exploitation is set to be introduced Tuesday, in the wake of 55 sloth deaths tied to a failed Orlando attraction.Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) will join Congresswoman Laurel Lee, State Rep. Dr. Anna Eskamani, and animal welfare advocates at the Central Florida Zoo Botanical Gardens in Sanford to announce the introduction of the Stopping Legalized Organized Trafficking and Harm to Sloths (SLOTHS) Act.The legislation would prohibit the importation of sloths into the United States, with limited exceptions for documented research and conservation-focused breeding programs at accredited institutions.The bill comes in response to the deaths of 55 sloths connected to Sloth World, a planned interactive attraction on International Drive in Orlando that never opened. The sloths were imported from Guyana and Peru before the facility failed. Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office determined