Animal welfare authorities say the animals were being illegally held and included a South American ostrich, a giant African snail, two prairie dogs and an endangered tiger salamander.
With extra cash from their fall wedding, two newlyweds left the city and searched Nassau County for a house fit for a family and a 75-pound dog. Here’s what they found.
On the Market in the New York Region
Watchung Four-Bedroom • $1.549 million • NEW JERSEY • 127 Sunlit Drive
A four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath, lodge-style house custom-built in 2013, with a two-story great room that has a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, an expansive kitchen with two marble-topped islands and a 10-foot ceiling, a library, a large office or in-law suite with a kitchenette and bathroom over an attached three-car garage, and a back patio with a stone fireplace, on 1.5 acres.
David Burke, Re/Max Premier, 908-566-6990; remax.com
Laura Moss for The New York Times
On the Market in the New York Region
This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Bellmore, N.Y., and a four-bedroom in Watchung, N.J.