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

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

Fans have been in an uproar since internet sensation Peanut the squirrel was seized from his owner's home and euthanized by New York officials this week, over what they say was the unfair killing ...

P’nut the Squirrel, of internet fame, has been euthanized after the pet was seized by New York state earlier this week, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. The 7-year-old ...

In New York, wildlife rehabilitators need a license to take in squirrels that need help. They can only be kept for a few months before they have to be reintroduced to the wild, Tindal said.

New York officials issued a mea culpa Friday over the seizure and slaughter of beloved P’Nut the squirrel — but the months-late apology isn’t washing with the tragic rodent's bereaved ...

Peanut the squirrel, a pet that became a social media star, has been euthanized after New York state authorities seized it during a raid.

Two of their animal charges, a raccoon named Fred and a squirrel named P’Nut, were targeted by ever-vigilant agents from the state departments of Environmental Conservation and Health.

She blamed Democrats in New York City, which is 200 miles from Pine City, for euthanizing P’Nut. “Democrats in New York City went in and raided a home to kill a squirrel,” Ms. Greene said.

Peanut the Squirrel, a beloved pet who was an internet sensation before New York state officials confiscated and then killed it, is drawing even more social media attention after the rodent's death.

New details are emerging about the seizure of Peanut the squirrel in upstate New York in October.

A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid.