Thanks to your signatures, and two dozen resulting media exposés, the Town of Islip is taking this wannabe Joe Exotic to court, slapping Slothencounters.com LTD with four court appearance tickets for possession of wild animals, occupancy of a building without fire marshal approval, prohibited use, and change of use without a permit. Islip officials also issued court appearance tickets for occupancy of a building without fire marshal approval and other code violations to Sloth Encounters’ landlord, a limited liability company called 777 Chris’s Way. Wallach is required to appear in court at Suffolk County's Fifth District on September 14th. If he does not show up, a warrant will be issued for his arrest.
Please continue to share our petition to save the sloths and help us retire them to reputable sanctuaries where they can live a more natural life!
If you're local, please join us for the following in-person actions next week:
- Join us September 13th, 2022, at 5:00pm outside Islip Town Hall, 665 Main St., Islip, NY 11751 to urge Islip to not only prosecute vigorously but to take emergency action to shut Wallach down immediately to protect the public and the sloths. Then join us inside Islip Town Hall at 5:30pm to speak directly to decisionmakers at the Town Meeting!
- Join us September 14th, 2022, at 8:30am outside Suffolk County 5th District Court at 3105 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 ahead of Larry Wallach's court date for illegal possession of wild animals, amongst other violations.
Can't attend? You can still donate to our campaign at www.humanelongisland.org/donate.
Learn more about Wallach's sordid connections to the animal underworld on our new web page: www.humanelongIsland.org/Sloth_Encounters.