The owner of Sloth World Orlando confirmed to FOX 35 on Friday afternoon that he plans to file for bankruptcy protection, and that he will no longer move forward with plans to open his "slotharium."

More than a dozen sloths imported to Orlando for a planned International Drive attraction called Sloth World, are now in the care of animal experts at Central Florida Zoo & Biological Gardens, following revelations this week that concerning conditions at the I-Drive facility are believed to have caused many animal deaths.

Thirteen surviving sloths from Sloth World were delivered Friday to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Sanford

The warehouse on International Drive where 31 sloths intended for Sloth World Orlando reportedly died was not permitted to have animals or wildlife of any kind, FOX 35 has learned.

Sloth World, a new attraction on Orlando’s I-Drive that was announced last year, imported dozens of the South American mammals, several of which are now dead.

A planned Florida animal attraction that imported dozens of wild sloths has sent 13 surviving animals to a local zoo, days after an Inside Climate News investigation revealed that more than 31 sloths had died in the company’s care.

Thirteen surviving sloths from Sloth World were delivered Friday to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Sanford