Wildlife rehabilitators can legally care for injured or sick squirrels, but the animals can't be pets in many states.

The controversy over Peanut, the pet squirrel and social media sensation seized by the state Department of Environmental ...

A celebrity squirrel has become a rallying cry on the right in the final throes of the U.S. election. Was that on your 2024 bingo card? The seizure — and euthanasia — of Peanut, whose Instagram ...

A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to ...

It's unlikely you had an internet-famous squirrel unifying the country on your 2024 bingo card, but here we are. Peanut — a 7-year-old squirrel owned by Mark and Daniela Longo — was euthanized ...

It’s the Monday before the 2024 presidential election and Republicans cannot stop talking about the state-sanctioned euthanizing of a squirrel named Peanut. Known colloquially to his 720,000 ...

Mark Longo, the owner of the Instagram-famous squirrel, Peanut, is mourning the loss of his beloved pet. On Nov. 1, Longo took to Instagram to reveal Peanut had been euthanized, along with his pet ...

"The DEC made the devastating decision to euthanize our beloved Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon," said Longo in a statement on Nov. 1 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE.

Image credits: Peanut The Squirrel Peanut’s Law mandates a 72-hour waiting period before an animal from a sanctuary is euthanized and establishes an appeals system to ensure that animal refuge ...

Social media users are mourning the loss of the beloved social media star Peanut the Squirrel after he was euthanized on Friday. Peanut, or PNUT, was a rescue squirrel who lived with his owner ...

Bomb threats have been made to the New York state offices of the people who euthanized Peanut the Squirrel, leading to employees being given the option of continuing their duties remotely.