Social media star Peanut the Squirrel has been euthanized after being seized from NY home: What kind of sick, twisted people would do this ?

[RingOfFire]

"Two days after he was seized from his home in New York, Peanut the Squirrel has been euthanized.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Chemung County Department of Health announced through a statement on Friday afternoon that both a squirrel and raccoon confiscated from a residence on Wednesday had been euthanized to test for rabies. The statement said a person involved in the confiscation investigation was bitten by the squirrel.

Peanut the Squirrel, who boasted 534,000 followers on Instagram, was taken from his home in Pine City, New York, by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday morning. Peanut, also known as PNUT, was the beloved pet of content creator Mark Longo. In more than 1,400 posts shared to Instagram, Peanut can be seen munching on waffles, jumping through hula-hoops, and greeting Longo home from work."

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Watch this video...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/01/peanut-the-squirrel-euthanized/75992420007/

I HOPE WHOEVER PEANUT BIT GETS RABIES AND DIES A PAINFUL DEATH!

BETTER YET... I HOPE THE The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation EUTHANIZES HIM (SLOWLY).

Updates

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And by the way, squirrels don't transmit rabies.

[SueShe]

Squirrels are known to carry numerous diseases, though only a few are dangerous to humans. Some of the more common include tularemia, typhus, plague and ringworm. Such diseases are transmitted through bites or other forms of direct contact with infected squirrels. Tularemia, typhus and plague have symptoms that mimic the flu and can be deadly when left untreated. Squirrels can also transmit rabies, though this is very rare.

Thus, your update is incorrect.

It is also correct for the authority to remove an animal from a person that solely (mis) uses that animal for the sole purpose to make a potential income from it and to gain celebrity. A squirrel was never intended to be a pet as it could represent a potential danger to humans.

Releasing it into nature would probably have been detrimental to the squirrel and thus, euthanasy was the sole option left to the authorities.

source: available upon request. G@G will not allow to post it.

[RingOfFire]

There has never been a single known case of a squirrel transmitting rabies to a human.

Thus your comment is wrong.

"No, squirrels are not known to transmit rabies to humans. While it's possible for squirrels to get rabies, it's very rare and they've never been known to pass it on to other animals"

[SueShe]

I will split the article in 2 parts as G@G will not allow a long web address. I leave it up to you to put it together and read the article.

What applies in Canada, certainly applies in the US as well

www.orkincanada.ca/.../

direct%20contact%20with%20infected%20squirrels.

[RingOfFire]

I don't need to read the article. All animals can transmit diseases to humans including cats and dogs. So you're position is that the government should come in and confiscate everyone's cats and dogs and euthanize them?

Once again there has never been a single case of rabies transmitted from a squirrel to a human. I don't need to read your article to have confirmed that.

[SueShe]

source please? I mean a reliable scientific article of course!

[RingOfFire]

Look it up yourself and stop trying to distract from the fact that you were wrong. Took me 5 seconds to find a dozen sources.

[Jersey2]

I doubt P-nut actually bit anyone. His owner said he never saw him bite anyone even during the raid.

[Anonymous]

Leftist bureaucrats who just do what they're told without thinking because it's "their policy."

[RingOfFire]

That's exactly right. I really hope that President Trump can drain the swamp in Washington and get rid of these unelected bureaucrats who are running the country instead of the Peoples' choice.

[seeyounexttuesday]

Peanut has been avenged.