Cincinnati Zoo renames sloth habitat after late 1-year-old who loved sloths
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The sloth habitat at Ohio's Cincinnati Zoo will be named after a toddler who recently passed away.
The Cincinnati Zoo decided to name the sloth habitat after Oliver when the newborn sloth was delivered stillborn, the zoo announced Oct. 11 – which would have been Oliver's 2nd birthday.
"Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden will memorialize Oliver Nicholson, who passed away earlier this year and would have been two years old today, by renaming its sloth habitat "The Oliver Nicholson Memorial Sloth Habitat,"" the zoo stated in a news release.
Fox News previously reported that the Nicholsons got the idea to request the animal be named Oliver after their son's funeral, where several loved ones pointed out the zoo was expecting a new sloth to be born.
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