Long Island’s largest and most controversial zoo is closing after local officials unanimously agreed to strip its funding and send its allegedly horrifically abused animals to rescue facilities.

Brookhaven Supervisor Dan Panico said he has the votes to pass the town's 2026 budget on Thursday, which calls for closing the Holtsville zoo next year following allegations that animals at the ...

Supporters and opponents of closing the Holtsville zoo made their final arguments Thursday night during a Brookhaven Town board meeting before officials decide the facility's fate later this month.

For more than four decades, the Holtsville Ecology Site in Brookhaven, New York, was a local favorite. It was the kind of place families stopped on sunny afternoons to feed goats, wave to buffalo, and ...