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Mark Longo, the owner of the Instagram-famous squirrel, Peanut, is mourning the loss of his beloved pet. On Nov. 1, Longo took to Instagram to reveal Peanut had been euthanized, along with his pet ...
The identity of the lead investigator behind the controversial raid that led to the death of an internet-famous squirrel named Peanut has been revealed.. Amid intense backlash over the handling of ...
Longo was driving home from work [1] when he saw the squirrel's mother killed by a car in New York City. [2] [3] A mechanical engineer at the time, [4] Longo sought a shelter for Peanut but was unsuccessful, and he bottle-fed the squirrel for the next eight months before deciding that Peanut should be returned to the wild. [5]
Editor's note: This story was updated to correct when the animals were euthanized. Mark Longo, who called Peanut the Squirrel his pet for this past seven years, described the New York's decision ...
The decision to euthanize the squirrel was met with such criticism that Jake Blumencranz, a state lawmaker, proposed legislation to improve animal rights statutes, calling it “Peanut’s Law ...
Think about the animals that would bite a squirrel. So, the squirrel was KILLED for no legitimate reason other than the abuse of bureaucratic power. 2600:1015:B04F:AFDF:0:1F:24F:3301 18:54, 4 November 2024 (UTC) Plus, the squirrel showed no signs of rabies that we know of; biting someone was most likely due to feeling threatened.
Mark Longo rescued Peanut seven years ago after the squirrel's mother was killed by a car, and since that time, the squirrel and its antics attracted hundreds of thousands of followers to its ...
Wistrand reported seeing this same species eating a freshly killed snake. [37] There has also been at least one report of squirrels preying on atypical animals, such as an incident in 2005 where a pack of black squirrels killed and ate a large stray dog in Lazo, Russia. [38] Squirrel attacks on humans are exceedingly rare, but do occur. [39] [40]