Long Island

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Bideawee animal shelter to close Wantagh adoption site

Mitt, a 4-year-old beagle mix, whined and cried yesterday as he waited to be adopted from the Bideawee animal shelter in Wantagh.

The mood was similarly somber among visitors and staff at the nonprofit agency as word spread that Bideawee had fallen victim to the troubled economy and would close the Beltagh Avenue adoption center March 8.

It is the first time Bideawee, more than a century...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

Photos and videos