Officials say local laws meant that Peanut should not have been kept as a pet. Mark Longo says a controversial raid violated ...

New York's decision to seize, euthanize Peanut the Squirrel is a 'disgrace,' owner says "We heard it from another news station that they killed Peanut," owner Mark Longo told NewsNation over the ...

P’Nut wants payback. The beloved pet squirrel and his raccoon sidekick, Fred, were not euthanized – they were viciously ...

Handwritten cards, trinkets and paintings bearing chipper squirrels and raccoons fill the floor of a bedroom in Mark Longo's New York home.. Just two weeks ago, the bedroom belonged to Peanut the ...

New York officials “used resources from this state to kill a squirrel and raccoon and to raid my house as if I was a drug dealer” Mark Longo, owner of the viral squirrel P’nut told me Friday.

NEW YORK - Peanut the squirrel, a pet that gained social media fame, ... Mark Longo, Peanut's owner, claimed excessive force was used to seize his pet squirrel earlier in the week.

Mark Longo, who called Peanut the Squirrel his pet for this past seven years, described the New York's decision to seize and euthanize the wild animal turned social media star a "disgrace." "What ...

Longo told CBS New York that when DEC officials came to his home, officials used excessive force in their search and when they took the squirrel and raccoon. He said the raid lasted several hours.

Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut seized by New York officials. Mark Longo says he doesn’t know where his pet is and fears that Peanut has been euthanized ...

NEW YORK - Peanut the squirrel, a pet that gained social media fame, was euthanized by New York state wildlife officials as part of a test for rabies. Mark Longo, Peanut's owner, claimed excessive ...

This undated image provided by Mark Longo shows him with his pet squirrel Peanut that was seized by officers from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, at Longo's home in rural Pine ...