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.

  • Miles O'Brien
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    4026 days ago

    full repariations

    And surely such reparations would take into account future lost revenue, as they would be expected to it this were a regular person against a corporation.

    Surely.

    • @MutilationWave
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      225 days ago

      Sadly I think the monetary value of a cat is like $15 reimbursed. I imagine a squirrel is worth even less.

      • skulblaka
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        625 days ago

        How about the monetary value of a social media influencer with half a million followers

        • @Cypher
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          725 days ago

          One that was being kept illegally? Probably worth a fine