Big Government

Emma Camp | 11.4.2024 12:07 PM

Peanut the Squirrel was an internet sensation, captivating hundreds of thousands of internet followers with videos of his charming antics with his owner, Mark Longo. That changed last Wednesday, when the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) raided Longo's home, seizing Peanut and another pet, a raccoon named Fred. The two animals were euthanized soon after. Longo claims that DEC informed the media about the animals' deaths before they told P'nuts Freedom Farm—Longo's animal sanctuary nonprofit, named after Peanut.

"Despite our passionate outcry for compassion, the agency chose to ignore our pleas, leaving us in deep shock and grief,"........

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