As of about a month ago,
it is legal to keep sloths, capybaras, woolly lemurs and Brazilian wolf spiders, among species, as pets in the UK without a special licence. However, keeping dingos, Middle Eastern thin-tailed scorpions and various kinds of South American snakes now requires a licence, unlike before. Before you hurry off to the slothmongers, though, you may want to read up on whether you really do
want a sloth:
Marie Whatmough, a senior keeper at London Zoo, also had concerns. "Sloths for example have a very grumpy nature. They have matted fur which is dry and coarse. You wouldn't want to cuddle them," she said.