The death of a squirrel has somehow intruded on the news cycle in the relentless last days of a presidential election.
Last week, the New York state government seized P’Nut the pet squirrel and a pet raccoon named Fred from owners Mark and Daniela Longo in Pine City, New York, in what was reportedly a five-hour raid.
Shortly afterward, the two animals were euthanized.
P’Nut apparently had been an internet sensation. The squirrel had been rescued seven years earlier after its mother was killed by a car and was quite tame.
P’Nut’s owners put videos of him performing tricks online, and he appeared to be quite far from being a public menace.
Frankly, I walk past more public health and safety menaces (that the government does nothing about) every time I walk outside my home in New York City.
So why did the state government have to use valuable resources…
