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Judi Lynn

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Wed Feb 16, 2022, 11:15 PM Feb 2022

Sloth hanging from cable in Colombia rescued from deadly fate

Endangered animal taken back to its natural habitat after being rescued

Laura Gamba Fadul |
17.02.2022



Credit: https://twitter.com/EPMestamosahi

BOGOTA, Colombia

A sloth that was trapped between power lines in Colombia's Antioquia province was rescued earlier this week by a worker from public services holding company Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM).

A video circulating online shows how 38-year-old Victor Hugo Lopez climbed a utility pole and offered a helping hand to the endangered animal, which appeared to be afraid and kept moving further away at first.




Lopez then reached for a broomstick to catch it and the sloth finally grabbed hold of it. After moving the sloth away from the cable, Lopez hugged it and descended the power pole.

​​"It is exciting to see this video in which Víctor Lopez rescues a sloth in Taraza, a species that is on the verge of extinction in Colombia. The sloth is the slowest animal in the world," wrote Mabel Lopez, EPM's communications vice president, on her Twitter account.

More:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/sloth-hanging-from-cable-in-colombia-rescued-from-deadly-fate/2504811

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The Great Sloth will undoubtedly bless this excellent man, Victor Hugo López, for risking his life to save the most frightened and exhaused lonely sloth in Colombia! Viva Victor Hugo López! Viva el oso perezoso 🦥 !

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Article from a Colombian radio station, google translated:

EPM worker risked his life to save a sloth in danger of being electrocuted
10 hours ago



Sloth bear rescued in Tarazá, Antioquia.
The moving image is viral in social networks.
News Antioch.

Two EPM workers, one holding the ladder and the other climbing to the top of a power pole, managed to save a sloth bear that climbed up the concrete column until it was suspended on one of the cables.

Víctor Hugo López and Alex Misas, employees of the energy company that operates in the municipality of Tarazá, became aware of the incident and one of them made the decision to start the rescue operation.

At first it was not easy to catch the animal as it ran away every time the operator tried to grab it by the arms. After several failed attempts, Víctor Hugo, a 38-year-old electrician, came down the ladder and climbed up again with a broom, an object with which he pulled the mammal.

Finally, the result of the operation that took at least 20 minutes was positive and the sloth bear was rescued by the operator who hugged it and tried to calm it down.

Once on land, the animal was introduced in a sack to later be taken to its habitat. The mammal showed signs of sunstroke that put its life in danger.



Rescued sloth bear.

Below are images of the rescue that is viral on social networks:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CaC1BkaDhTZ/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=63b1b11a-4214-4612-b5f0-e7563e9f3d6c

After being rescued, the animal was taken by Víctor Hugo López himself and his partner Álex Misashasta, to a forest in the municipality of Tarazá, to release it in its natural habitat.

EPM through its social networks has highlighted the work of its two workers. This has also been done by users on social networks who applaud this gesture towards the animal in danger of being electrocuted.




Víctor Hugo López and Alex Misas from the municipality of Tarazá return a sloth rescued from the top of a utility pole to its natural habitat. 🤩🙌 #SustainabilityEPM is to protect wildlife in the territories where we have a presence

https://bugavision.com/2022/02/16/trabajador-de-epm-arriesgo-su-vida-para-salvar-a-oso-perezoso-en-peligro-de-morir-electrocutado/



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Hero. Sloth's have big claws. Hoyt Feb 2022 #1
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