Overview
- Prosecutors in Tocache launched a preliminary investigation for abandonment and acts of cruelty under Law 30407, which allows penalties of up to three years in prison.
- Videos show a utility worker dropping the wild sloth from about seven meters and municipal agents throwing it onto the pavement and into a truck bed.
- Fiscal Guamner Medina Herrera ordered identification of Electro Tocache and Serenazgo personnel, witness interviews, a wildlife authority report, and confirmation of the animal’s condition.
- The Tocache municipality began an internal disciplinary review, and Serfor condemned the handling, pledging monitoring and technical assistance to strengthen local response.
- Animal-rights groups demanded sanctions and better training for responders, while officials have not disclosed the sloth’s health status.