The New York man said he was working to get Peanut — also known as P’Nut or PNUT — certified as an educational animal.

Multiple anonymous complaints about Peanut — also spelled P'Nut or PNUT — brought at least six officers from the state Department of Environmental Conservation to Mark Longo's home near the ...

The agency stormed Longo’s Pine City house Wednesday and seized the animal along with his pet raccoon Fred. The DEC said it had to kill the wild pets to test them for rabies because they had ...

Mark Longo, who called Peanut the Squirrel his pet for this past seven years, described the New York's decision to seize and ... a saliva of a rabid squirrel contains a high concentration of ...

A man who took in an orphaned squirrel and made it a social media star says New York state’s decision to seize and euthanize ...

Peanut the squirrel is an internet sensation. He's the beloved pet of digital creator Mark Longo, who would occasionally share Instagram videos of Peanut eating treats, jumping on his clothes and ...

Peanut, whose owner runs an animal sanctuary, amassed tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, TikTok and other platforms ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation took the animals Wednesday from Longo’s home and animal sanctuary in rural Pine City, near the Pennsylvania border. The agency said it had ...

A man who took in an orphaned squirrel and made it a social media star says New York state’s decision to seize and euthanize ...

They took them from my house and just killed them," he said.A request for comment was sent to the DEC on Saturday.Longo said he started caring for Peanut after the animal's mother was hit by a car ...