These are the adorable images of baby sloths snuggling in a wheelbarrow while being cared for at the Jaguar Rescue Centre in southeastern Costa Rica.

Jaguar Rescue Centre is located in the coastal town of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca in the country’s Limon Province, which is also a popular tourist attraction.

It is dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured or orphaned animals and once rehabilitated, where possible, they are reintroduced into their natural habitat in protected areas.

Of the six species of sloths that exist in the world, Costa Rica is home to two of them the Brown-Throated Three-Fingered Sloth (Bradypus variegatus), and Hoffman’s Two-Fingered Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni).

The centre that helps the animals estimates that every year they receive around 300 sloths, which are either adults that have been electrocuted on badly insulated power cables, or else been hit by cars or attacked by dogs.

But a large number of newborn babies have also been orphaned as a result of the above, and they can be seen here being cared for by staff at the centre who keep them in a huge basket in a wheelbarrow.

In order to be released, the babies need to stay at the centre for up to 2 years when they go through training at kindergarten and then middle school and finally high school before they graduate to being released back into the jungle.

While in the different schools, they learn the skills that they need in order to survive in the wild.

Sadly, there are also older adults which are too injured to survive properly in the wild, and these are permanent residents, often helping the younger ones to get the skills they need to survive.

All those that are released are monitored with radio collars to make sure they are coping with being independent.

The Jaguar Centre relies on donations (https://www.jaguarrescue.foundation/en-us/SupportUs/MakeaDonation), as it receives no public funding for its work.

As well as sloths, it also cares for reptiles, birds, monkeys and many other animals native to the region.