So sad :Social media star Peanut the Squirrel has been euthanized

[directfiesta]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-me...182927676.html

Two days after he was seized from his home in New York, Peanut the Squirrel has been euthanized.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Chemung County Department of Health announced through a statement on Friday afternoon that both a squirrel and racoon confiscated from a residence on Wednesday had been euthanized to test for rabies. The statement said a person involved in the confiscation investigation was bitten by the squirrel.

Peanut the Squirrel, who boasted 534,000 followers on Instagram, was taken from his home in Pine City, New York, by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday morning. Peanut, also known as PNUT, was the beloved pet of content creator Mark Longo. In more than 1,400 posts shared to Instagram, Peanut can be seen munching on waffles, jumping through hula-hoops, and greeting Longo home from work.

really pisses me off

If he would have been mine , I think I would of '' euthanized '' a few of those responsible

[Rochard]

My neighbors had two raccoons growing up. They were a lot of fun.

I cannot imagine why having a squirrel is an issue.

[pornmasta]

Looks very communist

[JesseQuinn]

Originally Posted by directfiesta

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this is so sad, and so fucking stupid

so squirrels are ok to run around the neighbourhood in NY, but god forbid you home one and love it

dude wasn't breeding colonies of squirrels ffs, he had a damn pet

couldn't believe this was against the law in NY so looked it up, apparently it is. squirrels are banned along with giraffes and rhinoceroses

interesting ferrets are on the verboten list as well, quite a few of my friends had ferrets growing up

gerbils I could at least understand as they spread the black plague (it wasn't rats as many think) but nope, they're ok in NY. I had two of those growing up, I loved those little death machines very much

RIP Peanut. what a totally unnecessary situation :/

[JesseQuinn]

did a bit more reading cuz killing time til my friends pick me up

so Peanut was killed because he bit someone involved in the kidnapping. if someone was trying to steal me from my home I'd bite them too


apparently there's no rabies vaxx available for squirrels, so a titre test (a test to prove an animal has enough rabies antibodies to be safe) wouldn't apply. I'm familiar with titre tests, my cats always needed one as part of the pre-travel vet visits when moving to new nations. those tests plus vaxx records proved they didn't have rabies without their heads needing to be chopped off

apparently there is no known case of squirrel to human transmission of rabies. simply put, not recognized as carriers

what I suspect mucked things up here was dude also had a raccoon, which are susceptible to rabies

I'm not excusing NY state, still epic bullshit. just the two unvaxxed animals, one of which is part of a species known for rabies, gave them the excuse

as a pet parent there is a high duty of care to protect the lil ones

I truly hope this doesn't sound like I'm blaming the dude. he's no doubt devastated and hindsight is 20/20

with 10 mins of reading NY state could have realized Peanut was no risk. so fuck them. just the living situation gave them the excuse

[mikeet]

Squirrels are extremely popular right now for pets

[fuzebox]

This is why you don't let anyone in/on your property without a warrant.

[Publisher Bucks]

We need to start euthanising more social media ‘stars’.

[mechanicvirus]

[CaptainHowdy]

They killed their golden goose . . .

[Tjeezers]

[Publisher Bucks]

Originally Posted by mechanicvirus

I recently discovered that male squirrels die after having sex.... At least the one this guy had did...

[Retiree]

Not even the chinese government would do this...what TF is wrong with the country right now?

Everything, I guess.

[AmeliaG]

Originally Posted by fuzebox

This is why you don't let anyone in/on your property without a warrant.

Unbelievably, they apparently got a warrant.

The Department responsible has a Twitter account and the comments suggest folks don't support the government having the time and taxpayer resources to conduct a five hour raid to murder a pet squirrel https://x.com/NYSDEC

Alas, PNUT was not helping market OF. He was helping fund an animal sanctuary charity. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-p...s-freedom-farm