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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T09:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
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    "Animals",
    "cdc",
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    "Department of Agriculture",
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  "textContent": "When pathologists cut open dead sloths from a planned Florida tourist attraction, they found a plethora of pathogens. Parasites, bacteria and viruses were all lurking in animals weakened by grueling international transport and stressful conditions at the warehouse that received them, according to necropsy records and a state inspection report obtained by Inside Climate News […]",
  "title": "Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Show Why the Wildlife Trade Is a Pandemic Risk"
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