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This is nuts. An upstate man whose beloved squirrel was cruelly killed by the state said he was treated like a “terrorist” when 10 government agents descended on his home during a five-hour ...
Electrical disruptions caused by squirrels are common and widespread. Between Memorial Day (May 27, 2013) and August 31, 2013, at least 50 power outages caused by squirrels (POCBS) were recorded in 24 U.S. states. [6] Cities affected by POCBS included Mason City, Iowa and Portland, Oregon. [7]
The death of Peanut was used as a cause célèbre by the MAGA movement, who blamed it on Democrats. [27] [8] Several prominent Republican figures complained about the killing of the squirrel, with some Trump campaign supporters claiming that the Biden-Harris administration was too firm regarding licenses for owning wild animals like squirrels ...
Mark and his wife manage the animal sanctuary on their 350-acre property, where they care for various rescued animals, including Peanut, a squirrel they had raised as a pet for seven years after ...
P’nut — a 7-year-old gray squirrel who posed in an adorable cowboy hat on Instagram — was put down along with Fred so the animals could be tested for rabies, according to the Department of ...
Extrapolating these data nationwide, Merritt Clifton (editor of Animal People Newspaper) estimated that the following animals are being killed by motor vehicles in the United States annually: 41 million squirrels, 26 million cats, 22 million rats, 19 million Virginia opossums, 15 million raccoons, 6 million dogs, and 350,000 deer. [20]
Squirrels otherwise appear to be safe and pose almost zero risk of transmitting rabies. [19] Squirrels cause economic losses to homeowners, nut growers, and forest managers in addition to damage to electric transmission lines. These losses include direct damage to property, repairs, lost revenue and public relations.
Can squirrels be kept from trashing L.A.'s backyard bird feeders and fruit trees? Here's my battle to find out what works, what doesn't and why. Squirrels gone wild in your L.A. yard?