Wallach, Larry / Sloth Encounters

January 2024 -The Humane Society of the United States released findings of a recent undercover investigation at Sloth Encounters in Hauppauge, New York, owned by Larry Wallach. The investigator captured footage of staff hitting sloths, stressed sloths kept in crowded conditions, sloths fighting with one another and a wounded sloth struggling when Wallach allegedly grabbed his head and neck. The USDA released an ‘Official Warning‘ to Larry Wallach.

2013 – In a consent decision and order, Wallach’s AWA license was suspended for six months for a number of violations relating to animal care.

2010 – U.S. Department of Agriculture cited Wallach for AWA violations, including causing sloths trauma and stress, unsafe handling that led to a member of the public being injured by a sloth, keeping animals in infested and cluttered conditions and providing false information to inspectors.