Internet sensation Peanut the squirrel was reportedly marked for euthanasia along with his pal Fred the Raccoon more than a week before he was seized in a raid at his home by New York officials to be “tested for rabies.”
Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss told the New York Post on Tuesday that the rabies test for both animals came back “negative” after they were seized from their guardian Mark Longo’s home in upstate New York on October 30 by officials with the the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and then euthanized.
DEC officials initially said they had received numerous calls about the animals living in the house. The department then got a warrant to search the home for the animals in what Longo described as a drug dealer-type raid at his home, as previously reported.
Peanut, the pet squirrel that was seized from its owner in upstate New York and euthanized about two weeks ago, has tested negative for rabies, a county official said Tuesday. <a…
