Brookhaven officials are in talks with local wildlife refuges and state environmental officials as they seek new homes for more than 100 animals that will be displaced next year with the closing of the Holtsville zoo.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk confirmed it has spoken to town officials about taking some animals from the Holtsville site after Brookhaven, citing budget issues, announced in September it plans to shutter the zoo .

Town officials said relocating the animals will allow at least some of them to remain on public display in their new homes.

Brookhaven officials, meanwhile, have faced calls from some residents and zoo employees to save the facility .

The zoo, part of the town's Holtsville Ecology Site and Animal Preserve, will be closed as town officials seek c

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