by John Di Leonardo | Nov 20, 2025 | Victories
After a year-long campaign led by Humane Long Island, the Brookhaven Town Board has voted unanimously — 7–0 — to shut down the Holtsville Ecology Site and Animal Preserve, a roadside zoo operated by the Town Highway Department atop an uncapped landfill. This...
by John Di Leonardo | Nov 13, 2025 | Arrests, Victories
Carlos Lauro of Riverhead—who last year pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a German Shepherd, receiving a one-year jail and a 20-year ban on owning or possessing animals—has been arrested once more on new charges of animal cruelty and contempt of court. The arrest...
by John Di Leonardo | Sep 30, 2025 | Arrests, Victories
Following a complaint filed by Humane Long Island, authorities removed 206 animals from the Northport home of a rogue wildlife rehabilitator. According to law-enforcement officials, Samantha Boyd, 57, has been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty and...
by John Di Leonardo | Sep 29, 2025 | Victories
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 Highway Department atop an old landfill — will be permanently closed. All animals will...
by John Di Leonardo | Jun 24, 2025 | Arrests, Victories
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...
by John Di Leonardo | Feb 14, 2025 | Arrests, Victories
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...
