Building a more humane Long Island
For All Animals
Humane Long Island is Long Island’s leading force for animal protection—rescuing farmed, exotic, and wild animals while ending exploitation across the region. From closing slaughterhouses and roadside zoos to stopping wildlife massacres and sharing plant-based meals, we’re redefining compassion from Manhattan to Montauk.
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Featured campaigns
Holtsville Ecology Site
Following Humane Long Island’s year-long campaign, Brookhaven is shutting down its roadside zoo and relocating the animals.
Humane Education
Humane education is more than a lesson—it’s a movement toward empathy, respect, and a kinder world.
Canned Pheasant Hunting
The DEC breeds and releases 65,000 pheasants each year, only for them to suffer and die. This so-called “conservation” program harms animals, wastes public funds, and endangers public health.
Plant-based & Companion Food distribution
Humane Long Island extends compassion to all—partnering with community and animal welfare groups to feed people facing hunger and animals in need.
Together, We Have the Power to build a more humane Long Island
Humane Long Island is far from a conventional animal rights organization. We are strategic campaigners whose victories demonstrate the power of targeted, compassionate action:
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Shutting down illegal petting zoos and backyard slaughter operations
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Halting mass killings of thousands of geese and deer
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Ending wild animal acts, circuses, and exploitative performances from New York City to Greenport
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Preventing a slaughterhouse in Islip and blocking a controversial aquarium chain from expanding into Oyster Bay
- Shutting down unlicensed slaughterhouses and pseudo-sanctuaries in Aquebogue, Manorville, Huntington, Holtsville, and more
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Successfully advocating for stronger animal protection laws at the state and local levels
Happening Now
Rogue rehabilitator arrested on multiple counts of animal cruelty; 206 animals removed from squalid home
Following a complaint by Humane Long Island, authorities removed 206 animals from the home of a rogue rehabber. Samantha Boyd, 57, of Northport, was charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person Boyd's...
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Featured Victories & Investigations
Brookhaven announces the closure of the Holtsville Ecology Site
After a year-long campaign led by Humane Long Island, the Town of Brookhaven has announced that the Holtsville Ecology Site and Animal Preserve — a roadside zoo operated by the Town of Brookhaven Highway Department on an old landfill — will be shut down and the...
Bay Shore woman charged with animal cruelty, 41 birds removed from outdoor property
A Bay Shore woman is accused of confining birds in poor outdoor conditions without clean water during extreme temperatures, according to the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Detectives with the Suffolk County SPCA responded with the...
Double D Bar Ranch charged with 112 counts of Animal Cruelty; ~400 animals removed by authorities
Sanctuaries are expected to care for animals rescued from dire situations, providing them with adequate food, water, shelter, and medical care, but at Double D Bar Ranch animals rocked back and forth psychotically and lived amongst piles of feces and corpses of their...
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Our Top Priorities
Humane Long Island rescues animals, ends exploitation, and partners with community and animal welfare groups to feed people facing hunger and animals in need from Manhattan to Montauk. These are just a few of our top priorities—explore more in the Campaigns section of the top menu.
Holtsville Ecology Site
Shutting Down Cruelty. Opening the Door to Sanctuary.
Canned pheasant hunting
Protect Wildlife, Fund Rehabilitators.
Humane Education
Teaching Compassion. Fighting Oppression.
Sloth Encounters
Wild Animals ≠ Pets. The Hidden Cruelty Behind Sloth Encounters.
Plant-based & companion food distribution
Sharing Food. Spreading Compassion. Strengthening Community.
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Sanctuary Campaign
Humane Long Island isn’t your typical sanctuary. We rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome hundreds of animals each year—and we’re fundraising for a permanent home to expand rescues, launch an Activist Education Center, and teach compassion in action.
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Upcoming Events
20
Nov
Holtsville: Your voice can send animals to sanctuaries!
Stand up for the animals at Holtsville Ecology Site! Join us for Brookhaven’s town budget vote to demand they be moved to safe, reputable sanctuaries where they can finally live free from confinement and cruelty.
30
Nov
Thanksliving: A Vegan THanksgiving CElebration
Celebrate a Thanksliving Vegan Thanksgiving with Humane Long Island! Enjoy delicious plant-based food while supporting our rescue of turkeys and other farmed animals. We honor all beings through community, kindness, and compassion — turning the traditional holiday feast on its head.
Together, we can build a more humane Long Island—where compassion guides every choice and kindness shapes every community.
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