FILE - In this March 11, 2020 photo, a laboratory technician prepares COVID-19 patient samples for semi-automatic testing at Northwell Health Labs, in Lake Success, N.Y. The first case of the South African coronavirus variant has been discovered in a New York state resident, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. The South African variant case involved a resident of Long Island's Nassau County. The sequencing was conducted at Opentrons Labworks Inc's Pandemic Response Lab, a New York City-based commercial lab similar to this one, and verified at the Wadsworth Center in Albany. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Sloth Encounters owner, Larry Wallach has been cited by the federal government for violating the Animal Welfare Act. A USDA report describes an inspector witnessing an employee improperly handling a juvenile kangaroo during feeding. This could lead to aspiration and accompanying aspiration pneumonia. Wallach was previously found guilty of violating court orders and cited for over 50 federal violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
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