Inside this interactive zoo, you can hold a Burmese python, cuddle with a sloth, hold a small alligator or lizard, feed and ...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-- A Long Island town says a business that allows customers to hold, feed and now sell sloths is defying a court order to stop operating. Its owner claims he's complying with the law.

A sloth bite injured a child in South Carolina, a lawsuit said. This file photo was taken in New Jersey. SABINA LOUISE PIERCE ASSOCIATED PRESS A family was visiting an animal center when a sloth ...

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.

Sloth selfie bans are spreading because cute photos hide stress, disease risk, and illegal wildlife trade most tourists never see.

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 sloth bite injured a child in South Carolina, a lawsuit said. This file photo was taken in New Jersey. SABINA LOUISE PIERCE ASSOCIATED PRESS A family was visiting an animal center when a sloth ...