Sloth Encounters Long Island in Hauppauge now offers the tree-dwelling mammals for sale, along with kangaroos and other exotics. "We are a pet store. That's it. I'm not a petting zoo.

WHAT TO KNOW A Suffolk County Supreme Court judge on Tuesday ordered the Hauppauge-based Sloth Encounters to halt pet sales after finding owner Larry Wallach guilty of violating court orders from ...

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.

Sloth Encounters, a Hauppauge business that charges $50 per half-hour to hold, feed and pet sloths, lacks a permit and was operating in violation of the Suffolk sanitary code, a county official said.

Suffolk Co. Supreme Court finds sloth store in civil contempt of court HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- There's more legal trouble for a Long Island business owner who sells sloths.

Fifteen-year-old Amarianna Ramon has been in love with sloths since she was in the 4th grade. However, Ramon's recent interaction with a sloth at a Michigan pet store may have changed her mind ...