Officials say local laws meant that Peanut should not have been kept as a pet. Mark Longo says a controversial raid violated ...

In what can only be described as an act of absolute inhumanity, DEC officers raided Marks house, treating him as a drug dealer, then seized the internet-famous squirrel, who has over 500,000 ...

Peanut the squirrel, an internet sensation that sparked an animal sanctuary in Pine City, was euthanized this week after being seized from his home along with a rehabilitating raccoon, a statement ...

Peanut or P'Nut the squirrel has over 500,000 followers on Instagram and is a beloved mascot of P'Nut's Freedom Farm, a 501c3 animal rescue based in New York state.

"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 Beloved social media star Peanut the Squirrel is dead, ...

Peanut the squirrel, a social media star seized from his Upstate New York home earlier this week, has been euthanized by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The DEC also ...

But on Wednesday, Peanut was seized by the state Department of Environmental Conservation during a raid at Longo’s home. On Friday, Longo learned that his squirrel and a raccoon also taken ...

But on Oct. 30, officers and other staff from DEC arrived at Longo's home and served a search warrant. Peanut reportedly bit one of the staffers during the seizure, leading to concerns about rabies.

The threats were made in response to the death of Peanut, or P'Nut, a squirrel seized by the DEC from Mark and Daniela Longo's home in the hamlet of Pine City, Chemung County, last week.

"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 Beloved social media star Peanut the Squirrel is dead ...

Peanut the squirrel, ... On Oct. 30, DEC seized a raccoon and squirrel sharing a residence with humans, creating the potential for human exposure to rabies. In addition, ...