New York State Kills Peanuts, Squirrels and Raccoons by Mark Longo – IT’S AWFUL! Viva Frei Peanut, the Instagram-famous squirrel who was captured from his owner’s home on Wednesday, has been released by New York state authorities.
The New York State Department of Environmental Protection seized Peanut, along with a raccoon named Fred, on Wednesday after the agency learned the animals “shared habitat with humans, creating a risk.” of human exposure to malaria,” he said in a joint statement.
Chemung County Health Department. The release stated that one of the workers in the Peanut and Fred investigation was bitten by a squirrel.
