The proprietor of P’nut the Squirrel gave a tearful assertion on TikTok, Saturday concerning the tiny creature’s loss of life by the hands of New York State officers.
Mark Longo, joined by his girlfriend, sobbed by way of his ready remarks on the killing of his beloved finest buddy.
“I’m indignant, I’m unhappy, I’m disgusted,” Longo mentioned whereas choking again his feelings in a clip of a TikTok reside.
“We combat and work on a regular basis to pay our state taxes they usually flip round they usually do that to a household,” Longo mentioned.
New York State and the Division of Environmental Conservation have confronted mass public blowback for his or her actions.
Most of the DEC’s social media posts have gotten a whole lot of feedback from outraged supporters of P’nut the Squirrel.
The animal rescuer additionally thanked his followers and most people for “unbelievable help.” A GoFundMe arrange by Longo in P’nut’s honor has raised over $73,000.
The couple additionally say that they’re inundated with heat messages from supporters.
Longo additionally mentioned that he’ll proceed to put up images and content material of P’nut “in his finest days.”
P’nut the Squirrel and Fred the raccoon had been confiscated by the Division of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday following nameless complaints of a rabies vector species within the dwelling, the division advised The Publish.
On Friday, the DEC introduced that it had euthanized each P’nut and Fred to check them for rabies.
The division claimed in an announcement Thursday that P’nut, who was notably pleasant and docile by way of the course of his public dealing with life, had bitten an agent and wanted to be examined for rabies.
