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minty

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JUSTICE FOR PEANUT!

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Social media star Peanut the Squirrel has been euthanized after being seized from NY home​

"It has been a terrible nightmare for me," Mark Longo, owner of Peanut, said in an Instagram video Friday morning.​

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 raccoon 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.

According to DEC and health department statement, rabies have been found in raccoons in New York's Southern Tier, which includes Pine City, for more than 30 years. Over the past several days, Longo has shared several statements on Peanut's Instagram account, keeping fans updated, in hopes that Peanut may return home. At the time of publication, Longo had not posted in regards to the recent news.

"It has been a terrible nightmare for me," Longo said in his most recent video, posted Friday morning. In response to Peanut's seizure, a Change.org petition and GoFundMe campaign were created to "return him (Peanut)" to his family. As of Friday afternoon, the petition had 28,025 signatures, and the GoFundMe has raised $7,875.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Chemung County Department of Health advised that anyone who has been in contact with the seized squirrel or raccoon consult a physician.

Who was Peanut the Squirrel?​

Peanut was a rescue squirrel who had lived under Longo's care for seven years.
Longo first connected with Peanut when he saw the squirrel's mom get hit by a car, per previous USA TODAY reporting. Unfortunately, the mother passed, leaving Peanut an orphan. Longo was unsuccessful in finding a shelter that would take him in. Longo ended up feeding baby Peanut for about eight months before attempting to release him back into the wild.

"I released him in the backyard, and a day and a half later, I found him sitting on my porch, missing half his tail. So here I am, bawling my eyes out, like, I failed you as your human," Longo told USA TODAY in 2022. "And I kind of opened the door, he ran inside and that was the last of Peanut's wildlife career."
For the first five years, Longo, Peanut, and Longo's cat, Chloe, lived together in harmony.

Last year, Longo established P'Nuts Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary in Pine City. The nonprofit serves as a "haven where neglected and homeless animals receive a second chance at life," according to its website. To date, 18 horses, one mini horse, four cows, three alpacas, one parrot, one pig and two geese call the sanctuary home, according to its website.

USA TODAY contacted Longo but was unsuccessful in connecting with him for an interview.

Is it legal for squirrels to be kept as pets in NY?​

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation states that it is illegal for young wildlife to be kept as pets.

"Inappropriate care given to young wildlife often results in abnormal attachment to humans," the Department of Environmental Conservation states. "After release, some return to places where people live, only to be attacked by domestic animals or to be hit by cars. Some become nuisances getting into stored food, trash cans or dwellings. And some may be thrust as unwelcome intruders into the home range of another member of their species." If an individual finds a young wild animal that is injured or orphaned, the department recommends making a call to a wildlife rehabilitator, who "are the only people legally allowed to receive and treat distressed wildlife." The goal of rehabilitators is to safely release the animal, when healthy, back into the wild.


euthanize rabid new yorkers, not squirrels in cowboy hats
 
It is the fastest shrinking state in the union for a reason. 0 regrets about leaving that shithole.

It will never happen, but upstaters have flirted with the idea of creating the 51st state out of the Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse-Adirondack area for years. There are simply too many things standing in the way of that, not least of which is that it would cost people free gibz. Errbody love to hate on the downstate libs there, but they all fold when it comes to eschewing the tax grift. I, for one, hope they actually do it one day.

It might start out as a pretty small state, but better laws would cause the cities there to grow pretty quickly, IMO.
 

minty

runs bartertown
That's incredibly shitty but I don't get why the owner complied. If they don't have a warrant they can fuck off. And if they do have a warrant make them break down the door to retrieve a squirrel and a raccoon. Complying with bullshit is just as bad as enforcing bullshit
he says in interviews that they treated him like a terrorist.
that he sat outside for hours and needed a police escort to enter his own house to use the bathroom. so i dunno where you're comin' from with this sunshine n rainbows narrative like ppl enjoy havin' boots on their neck
 

minty

runs bartertown
What did he do to resist? I can't imagine it'd have been that difficult to get the little guys out of there

Literal fed shit
what are your metrics for resisting six government officials showing up at your house? i think no matter what this dude did or did not do you'd blame him. like the ppl who rush to cop shooting video comments to say "he should've complied"
anything to blame the person getting fucked over while playing "small gov" yeh?

okay, bootlicker.
it is definitely wrong for people who live in an area of abundant natural resources to feel that people who live thousands of miles away should not have more of a say in what happens to said resources than the locals
 
what are your metrics for resisting six government officials showing up at your house?
Not answering the door without a warrant is an excellent start. Did they have a warrant? Did he willing allow LEO into his home without one?
like the ppl who rush to cop shooting video comments to say "he should've complied"
Those "people" are niggers 9/10 times and it's a benefit to society every time the don't comply
How dare people want their states to be comrpised of people who share their values and economic interests. What a bunch of feds.
Anyone who thinks the West Coast is going to get better, let alone secede from the federal government is literally retarded and are perfect candidates for getting honeypotted by the FBI.
 
Not answering the door without a warrant is an excellent start. Did they have a warrant? Did he willing allow LEO into his home without one?

Those "people" are niggers 9/10 times and it's a benefit to society every time the don't comply

Anyone who thinks the West Coast is going to get better, let alone secede from the federal government is literally retarded and are perfect candidates for getting honeypotted by the FBI.
Functional-illiteracy and OBE rears its ugly head once again

Tell us some more things nobody said.
 
he was working through the department that executed the squirrel to try n get the squirrel certified as an educational ambassador

he had the squirrel for 7 years in his house. the fact they showed up to take the squirrel n then killed it "bcuz wild animal rabies" is bullshit all around. end of
rabies is a lot rarer than people think it is. not that it shouldnt be treated seriously, but people have this idea that every other wild animal has rabies and its ridiculous
 
how the fuck is your name 'time 4 guillotines' n you gotta be a massive cuck who thinks anybody who wants less federal gov is a glowie?

go suck cock outside of my squirrel thread
The retards I hate the most are the ones who act superior than everyone else in every way and gets super defensive if anyone calls him out
I was giving him shit for being baited for 15 straight thread pages but this warrants a healthy dose of cyberbullying
Just my opinion
 
how the fuck is your name 'time 4 guillotines' n you gotta be a massive cuck who thinks anybody who wants less federal gov is a glowie?
>Because I like a Trevor Moore song I have to support every retarded separatist group
I don't disagree with the spirit of the (((Cascadia Moobment))) and I'm not saying people who like the idea glow but it's obviously a honeypot.
go suck cock outside of my squirrel thread
No, go tend your feather "babies", with your Innsmouth phenotype, fish face <3
I was giving him shit for being baited for 15 straight thread pages but this warrants a healthy dose of cyberbullying
Alameen deleted all of the social media accounts he still has access to after I contacted his friends and family with links to his shit eating and gay porn but I got baited? Dumb opinion
 
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