Victories

UniverSoul Circus goes animal-free!

Written by John Di Leonardo
September 19, 2023

NYPD confiscates wallaby, caiman, pythons on Coney Island boardwalk

Written by John Di Leonardo
August 18, 2023

Suffolk County enacts law restricting traveling exotic animal performances

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 31, 2023

Larry Wallach pleads guilty to trafficking Nile monitors

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 26, 2023

Feds cite Sloth Encounters for mishandling animals following Humane Long Island complaint

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 16, 2023

Supreme Court finds Sloth Encounters' guilty of contempt of Court

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 11, 2023

Hopscotch Montessori School ends hatching projects at both its New York City campuses

Written by John Di Leonardo
June 07, 2023

St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School ends 40-year tradition of hatching ducklings in classrooms

Written by John Di Leonardo
May 04, 2023

Suffolk County DA charges multiple Long Island poultry dealers with misdemeanors for selling day-old baby chicks in quantities less than allowable by New York State law

Written by John Di Leonardo
April 05, 2023

Senator Monica Martinez introduces bill to restrict sale of sloths, kangaroos, and other exotic wild animals in New York State

Written by John Di Leonardo
April 03, 2023

Supreme Court grants preliminary injunction ordering Sloth Encounters to stop its unlawful operations

Written by John Di Leonardo
March 31, 2023

Patchogue-Medford Library will not support the deadly Iditarod dogsled race!

Written by John Di Leonardo
March 26, 2023

North Sachem High School PTSA drops Sloth Encounters sponsorship

Written by John Di Leonardo
March 09, 2023

Best Western Hotels & Resorts sends Sloth Encounters packing

Written by John Di Leonardo
January 17, 2023

Hempstead will protect Monk parakeets

Written by John Di Leonardo
January 01, 2023

100+ domestic ducks to be rescued in Smithville, OH

Written by John Di Leonardo
December 29, 2022

Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act is signed into law!

Written by John Di Leonardo
December 16, 2022

New York prohibits sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits by retail pet shops

Written by John Di Leonardo
December 15, 2022

Dozens of domestic ducks to be rescued, not killed, in East Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania

Written by John Di Leonardo
December 09, 2022

Nassau County Health Department issues warning to Long Beach restaurant following Sloth Encounters exhibition

Written by John Di Leonardo
November 29, 2022

Sloth selfies canceled at the Bethpage Equestrian Center on International Sloth Day!

Written by John Di Leonardo
October 19, 2022

Feds cite Sloth Encounters for critical violations following Humane Long Island complaint

Written by John Di Leonardo
October 03, 2022

Supreme Court orders Sloth Encounters must shut down pending further orders from the court

Written by John Di Leonardo
September 15, 2022

Town of Islip issues Sloth Encounters four court appearance tickets

Written by John Di Leonardo
September 01, 2022

Suffolk County Parks Department commits to protect snapping turtle nests at Meadow Croft Estate after more than 100 hatchlings are killed

Written by John Di Leonardo
August 20, 2022

Town of Islip charges Sloth Encounters with five code violations

Written by John Di Leonardo
August 01, 2022

Glue traps removed from Nassau County parks following death of federally protected bird

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 28, 2022

Suffolk County Department of Health cites Sloth Encounters for operating without a permit

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 22, 2022

Deadly bird netting removed from Northport yachting center

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 14, 2022

Suffering animals confiscated from Santos White Community Garden on Coney Island

Written by John Di Leonardo
June 22, 2022

Babylon will not allow ducks and chickens to be kept in cramped backyards

Written by John Di Leonardo
May 06, 2022

Highland City Council ends lethal roundups of abandoned domestic ducks at Highland Glen Pond, Utah

Written by John Di Leonardo
May 03, 2022

Illegal backyard butcher operation shut down in Forest Hills; 17 ducks and geese confiscated

Written by John Di Leonardo
January 13, 2022

South Huntington UFSD commits to pursue only humane geese management

Written by John Di Leonardo
December 01, 2021

South Huntington UFSD construction project halted: Tens of thousands of fishes and amphibians rescued

Written by John Di Leonardo
November 12, 2021

Cornwall-on-Hudson commits to only pursue humane geese management

Written by John Di Leonardo
September 01, 2021

Party Pets of New York shuts down its Malverne petting zoo and retires the animals to reputable sanctuaries

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 19, 2021

8-year tradition of geese massacres ended on Islip UFSD properties

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 07, 2021

East Hampton Village enforces ban on abandoning domestic ducks at the Nature Trail

Written by John Di Leonardo
December 01, 2020

Live slaughter market denied in Islip

Written by John Di Leonardo
August 08, 2019

Bellmore Street Festival bans animal acts

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 07, 2019

Sordid SeaQuest Aquarium withdraws application to bring $5M aquarium to Sunrise Mall

Written by John Di Leonardo
May 19, 2019

Brightwaters commits to use only humane, nonlethal geese management in the village

Written by John Di Leonardo
August 20, 2018

Wild animals no longer exhibited at the Brookhaven Fair

Written by John Di Leonardo
April 18, 2018

New York bans elephants from circuses and traveling acts

Written by John Di Leonardo
October 20, 2017

Northport Fire Department bans animal acts following cruel monkey rodeo

Written by John Di Leonardo
July 11, 2017

New York City bans wild animals from circuses

Written by John Di Leonardo
June 21, 2017

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shuts down after 146 years

Written by John Di Leonardo
May 21, 2017

200 Canada geese spared on Lake Ronkonkoma

Written by John Di Leonardo
January 18, 2017

A measurable impact for a more Humane Long Island.