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

It’s tough to think that a squirrel might tilt the presidential election, but it’s 2024, so here we are. It all started last week, when an Instagram-famous rodent named Peanut was taken from a house ...

The local sheriff’s office distanced itself Monday from the killing of an Internet-famous squirrel that has prompted furious ...

Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon were confiscated and euthanized that week, here’s how the incident became political.

Peanut the squirrel, who had over 500K followers online, has been euthanized after being seized for violating NY state wildlife laws.

Because, yes — somehow Peanut’s untimely death has spiraled from a social-media tragedy to a conservative political movement.

Residents in Chemung County and beyond have donated thousands of dollars in memory of Peanut, who was seized from a Pine City home.

The whole ordeal has the New York rehabilitation community on edge, said squirrel rehabilitator Rachel Tindal, who runs the ...