HAUPPAUGE, Long Island (WABC) -- Animal activists are fighting to shut down an exhibit on Long Island that features sloths, but the man who runs the experience says the animals are well cared for.

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 ...

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 ...

Sloth Encounters, the Hauppauge sloth-exhibition business ordered to close last week by a State Supreme Court judge in Suffolk County, is advertising in-home visits with its animals. The business, ...