The best thing I can tell you is to check with your local Fish and Game or Department. There are a lot of laws regarding exotic wild life.
Make sure you know what you're getting into before you buy one. Exotic animals are a lot harder to care for and maintain than most people would think.
Well for a start it is illegal to do so...so I wouldn't advise it. They are an endangered species, and the exotic animal trade is a very cruel one, which is connected to the illegal drugs trade. So you purchasing a sloth or most other exotics could easily result in you furthering the illicit narcotics business in Asia and South America. Sloths are STOLEN from their mothers, and to do so the mother is shot, which as I'm sure you appreciate, only exascerbates the situation of species endangerment.
If you proceed to purchase one, you must understand what consequences this has on the future success of the species and the criminal activity involved.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.