"The DEC made the devastating decision to euthanize our beloved Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon," said Longo in a statement on Nov. 1 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE.
We’ll see how this story continues to develop, but for now, we’re here to help you learn more about a squirrel that goes by the name of Peanut. Peanut the Squirrel is a much-followed social ...
The squirrel’s death sparked so much outrage that it prompted a state lawmaker to propose legislation to improve animal-rights statutes, calling the bill “Peanuts Law: Humane Animal ...
Officials from the state Department of Environmental Conservation confiscated Peanut the Squirrel during a raid Wednesday. Mark Longo first spotted the squirrel in lower Manhattan. The animal ...
The same day he was seized from his home in New York, Peanut the Squirrel was euthanized. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Chemung County Department of Health ...