The Humane Society of the United States has accused Sloth Encounters, located in Islip, of mistreating its animals. The business offers educational experiences, where customers can pay to interact ...

This sloth shutdown was sloooooooow moving. After 18 months, Long Island officials finally put an exotic animal store — and its seven sloths — out of business. Larry Wallach charged $50 a pop for ...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-- There's more legal trouble for a Long Island business owner who sells sloths. The Suffolk County Supreme Court ordered the store to stop operating as a pet store or petting zoo or ...

A Suffolk County Supreme Court judge has ordered the Hauppauge-based Sloth Encounters to halt pet sales after finding owner Larry Wallach guilty of violating court orders from March. In a decision ...

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,” said ...

Meet the world’s first sloth detective dog, Keysha. Meet the world’s first sloth detective dog, Keysha —trained to sniff out sloth poop and empower the world’s first ever sloth census!