our repoporter bettina thoma mea woman dedicating her life to protecting these enigmatic tree-dwellersreporter: we'r're heading fofa slototh sanctuary.y. it's the only one in suriname for these unusual mammals. isa and her fellow sloths are being tended by a team of conservationists. the youngest resident is just 18 months old. the manager of the sanctuary is monique pool. ananother emergency call. it's the third just this week. the caller h has found a slothn her gagarden, and shshe's hohg someonone can help her -- - f. monique: people know that they can call somewhere. normally they'd call the zoo, previously, but then the zoo didn't take the animals, and neither did the animal protection society, but we do, so we go and pick up the animals. reporter: the capital, paramaribo, is an hour's drive away. it's also the tiny south american country's only major city. monique is so attached to sloths that she decided to give up her profession as a translator. it's a job with a lot of variety. she never knows quite what to expect. she started working with the animals 12 years ago and has gain