Sloth Rescued From Busy Highway in Ecuador
Transit officers in Ecuador found the scared little fellow.
ByABC News
January 25, 2016, 5:05 PM
— -- A group of transit officers in Ecuador ran into an unexpected visitor while driving down a highway in Los Rios last week.
A "beautiful" sloth was trying to cross a road, clinging on to a traffic median for safety, the Transit Authority of Ecuador wrote in a Facebook post on Friday.
![PHOTO: Transportation officers in Los Rios, Ecuador rescued a sloth, Jan. 22, 2015.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/HT_sloth2_floating_cf_160125.jpg)
Comision de Transito del Ecuador
![PHOTO: Transportation officers in Los Rios, Ecuador rescued a sloth, Jan. 22, 2015.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/HT_sloth3_cf_160125_4x3_992.jpg)
Comision de Transito del Ecuador
"We want to let you know the sloth was rescued and taken by our officers to a doctor, who said the sloth was in good conditions to be returned to its habitat," the Transit Authority wrote in a comment on the Facebook post.
The government agency said it would continue to help any animals found in similar situations in the future.
![PHOTO: Transportation officers in Los Rios, Ecuador rescued a sloth, Jan. 22, 2015.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/HT_sloth1_floating_cf_160125.jpg)
Comision de Transito del Ecuador