New York state officials seize Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut from owner
New York state officials seize Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut from owner
Anonymous complaints about Peanut — also spelled P’Nut or PNUT — brought at least six officers from the state Department of Environmental Conservation to the owner's home.
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The officers left with Peanut, who amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, TikTok and other platforms ...
i know i'm getting old when i see things like this and my gut reaction is a conspiracy theory; in this case i think that tiktok and peanut's rising popular was the culprit since our oligarchs have banned tiktok and manufactured public consent for doing so.
and as a life long pet guardian; i feel so sorry for this guy. i hope that he can recover.
in this case i think that tiktok and peanut's rising popular was the culprit
… yeah, that’s how wildlife officials became aware of the situation. They aren’t remotely monitoring every squirrel.
And don’t feel too bad for him, he isn’t putting the squirrel’s welfare first at all:
Longo brought Peanut home and cared for him for eight months before trying to release the squirrel into the great outdoors. “A day and a half later I found him sitting on my porch missing half of his tail with his bone sticking out,” Longo said.
A fucking bone sticking out and he didn’t even try to get the squirrel veterinary care, because it would have meant the squirrel was taken away. No vet is going to let someone without a rehabilitation license walk out with a wild animal they’re not competent to care for. And having a Really Cool Pet was just more important than, again, a BONE being exposed to the air.
Recover? I thought they euthanized him.
i was referring to the person who had his pets taken away and i meant emotionally; the article states that the agency woudn't comment on whether or not the squirrel was euthanized.