When Nicole Rice began working at Sloth Encounters, a exotic petting zoo/pet store in Hauppauge, she saw early signs of animal neglect. “I started seeing the animals physically looking unwell ...

Long Island Towns Sloth Encounters shut down, owner Larry Wallach's lawyer vows business will return Sloth Encounters owner Larry Wallach at Suffolk County First District Court in Islip on May 17.

“Over the past year, Humane Long Island has shut down an unlawfully operated sloth encounter, worked with authorities to confiscate pythons, a caiman, and a wallaby from the Coney Island ...

Sloth Encounters owner Larry Wallach at Suffolk County First District Court in Islip on May 17. Wallach's lawyer said the business owner complied with a court order to remove all animals from his ...