The state Department of Environmental Conservation seized and euthanized Peanut, an Instagram-famous squirrel as part of a ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Contrast that approach with how the DEC handled the "problem" posed by Peanut the Squirrel. According to Mark Longo, who was Peanut's owner, about a dozen ...

The owners of Peanut the Squirrel have spoken out after the pet was seized and euthanized by authorities. Mark and Daniela ...

Peanut the Squirrel, a beloved social media star, was euthanized after being seized by the DEC over rabies concerns, sparking ...

Liberal outlet Mediaite.com was forced to make a correction after attributing a fake post about the death of an Instagram ...

Acting on complaints, the DEC confiscated Peanut and Fred, claiming the animals were being kept illegally in an unsafe ...

On November 4, 2024, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in New Paltz received a bomb threat ...

The law would be an amendment to the New York State Environmental Conservation Law over animal seizure rules after the ...

Bomb threats have been made to eight DEC facilities across the state of New York following the death of Peanut the Squirrel.

To keep a wild animal, it must be registered as an educational animal, according to information published by the DEC. Mark Longo said he was working to get Peanut certified as an educational animal so ...

The Department of Environmental Conservation has been receiving furious backlash over its euthanizing Peanut the squirrel and ...

Because, yes — somehow Peanut’s untimely death has spiraled from a social-media tragedy to a conservative political movement.