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 ...

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 ...

Is there anything cuter than a sloth? How about two of them! Located in Costa Rica, Jaguar Rescue Center is a temporary home for sick, injured, and orphaned animals. They share some really cute videos ...

CITES, the global wildlife trade regulation, has agreed to implement stricter rules for the trade in two sloth species increasingly targeted by the tourism industry. Thanks to its peaceful and ...

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 ...

The Colorado zoo shared that the "mom and baby are healthy and thriving" after the Linne's two-toed sloth's birth on Jan. 26 Contributor, PEOPLE New baby sloth alert! On Feb. 2, the Denver Zoo ...

The owner of the pet store claims the teen didn't follow instructions and got too close to the sloth, who he says mistook her arm for an apple. Sloths move about six feet per minute but even these ...