Fota Wildlife Park welcomes Matheo the sloth

This is the first time Fota have had a sloth reside in the Park.

Fota Wildlife Park, home to the world’s fastest land animal, tallest land mammal, and the largest flightless bird is now home the world’s slowest land mammal - the sloth.

Named Matheo, the two-year-old male juvenile Linné’s Two-toed sloth was transferred from Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart, where he was born.