Sloth Encounters: 5 things to know about the charges against the Long Island-based animal exhibit business
The owner of the Hauppauge-based sloth exhibition business who has continued to advertise sloths and other exotic pets despite a March court order ...
The owner of the Hauppauge-based sloth exhibition business who has continued to advertise sloths and other exotic pets despite a March court order is now facing Islip Town and state charges that could result in fines or jail time. On May 31, Larry Wallach is expected to be arraigned in Fifth District Court in Islip on a criminal charge of selling wild animals. Wallach's business, Sloth Encounters, also faces a motion for contempt for allegedly ignoring the March court order from Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge Joseph Santorelli.