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submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Peanut, who has amassed more than half a million Instagram followers, was euthanized by officials to be tested for rabies.

Peanut, the Instagram-famous squirrel that was seized from its owner's home Wednesday, has been euthanized by New York state officials. 

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation took Peanut, as well as a raccoon named Fred, on Wednesday after the agency learned the animals were “sharing a residence with humans, creating the potential for human exposure to rabies," it said in a joint statement with the Chemung County Department of Health.

Both Peanut and Fred were euthanized to test for rabies, the statement said. It was unclear when the animals were euthanized.

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 9 points 2 years ago
[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Dicks out for Peanut.

[-] Emmie@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My squirrel moment. Kill these heartless bureaucratic fuckers. It is a human filth that doesn’t belong to the civilised world

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately the animal bit a person, so they had no real choice in the matter. There is no reliable way to test for rabies without killing the animal, and vaccines are not guaranteed to prevent spreading infection.

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is such fucking bullshit, so you corner an animal, it bites you, then you shoot the animal because it bit you?

I hope you never own or work with animals.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, you surgically remove the animal's brain tissue to test for rabies and ascertain whether more serious treatment is required for the bitten. It should also be noted that the animals were never vaccinated themselves, because even if a provider were in the area the man with the animals was never certified as a rescue and rehab after seven years.

Handing over the animals safely and with minimal harm would be the handlers responsibility, the inspector being bitten is the fault of the handler.

[-] Emmie@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What? They fucking swat raided the place and turned house upside down, what kind of safely handling option are you talking about

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

See clearly we read different articles

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[-] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It would be a shame if 4chan somehow found out who reported the guy. And decided to serve justice "their own way" =)

(i know i'm risking my account but it's worth it just this once)

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"I was just going through our daily routine of feeding all of our 71 rescued horses"

Okay now he's just flexing

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