Animal Welfare Institute

IUCN Reaffirms Long-Tailed Macaques’ Endangered Status Despite Industry Pressure

Washington, DC—The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today released an update to its Red List of Threatened Species. The update revealed that the long-tailed macaque (LTM) remains ...
People

200 Animals — Including Geese and Flying Squirrels — Were 'Living in Squalor' in Home. 2 Humans Were Arrested

Authorities arrested the owner, who certified her suburban residence as a wildlife sanctuary but allegedly neglected hundreds of animals she took into her home Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He ...
The New York Times

200 Animals and a 95-Year-Old Are Found Inside a Squalid Suburban Home

The woman was confined to her room by clutter, and a Long Island wildlife rehabilitator faces charges. The authorities found everything from cats to voles, many of them in dire conditions. By Corey ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This ‘Clock’ Could Warn of Hidden Stresses to Animals, Offering a Long-Sought Signal That a Population Is Nearing Collapse

The epigenetic clock measures biological age and could help scientists assess the health of polar bears, dolphins, baboons and other threatened creatures “while recovery is still possible” The ...
AOL

Long John Silver’s Swaps Fish for This ‘Unexpected’ Animal in New Logo and Reveals the Fate of Restaurant's Seafood Items

Long John Silver's changed its seafood-focused logo on Oct. 3 The new emblem is meant to highlight the restaurant's non-fish menu items Despite the change, the brand promises that its seafood options ...
abc7NY

More than 200 animals rescued from 'deplorable' conditions in Long Island home

NORTHPORT, Long Island (WABC) -- Two people are accused of hoarding more than 200 animals inside and outside a Long Island home. Samantha Boyd, 57, and her partner, 61-year-old Neal Weschler, are ...
Yahoo

Over 200 animals, 95-year-old woman rescued from Long Island hoarder home

A Long Island couple was charged with cruelty to animals after a combination of more than 200 cats, dogs, roosters, squirrels, ducks, rabbits, geese, ferrets and other animals were rescued from ...
Newsday

Wildlife rehabilitator charged after 200 animals in Northport home found in squalid conditions, along with 95-year-old woman

A Long Island wildlife rehabilitator was arrested after police rescued a 95-year-old woman and more than 200 neglected animals from squalid and hazardous hoarding conditions in her Northport home, ...
NBC New York

Over 200 animals found living in Long Island ‘hoarder house,' along with 95-year old woman

More than 200 animals were discovered living in squalid conditions inside a Long Island home, law enforcement said, along with a 95-year-old woman who was trapped among the filth. The Suffolk County ...
Yahoo

Over 200 animals rescued from ‘extremely hazardous’ conditions on Long Island

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) — Over 200 animals were rescued from “extremely hazardous” conditions at a residence in Northport, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced Thursday.
New York Post

Holtsville Ecology Center’s animal refuge — Long Island’s largest zoo — to close for good after 40 years and alarming abuse allegations: ‘We hoped for this’

Long Island’s largest and most controversial zoo is set to close its doors and ship all its animals off to rescue facilities, as the sanctuary prepares to “wind down” by early next year, officials ...