My colleague Bob Hoge wrote earlier about a case of government overreach that just seems astonishing, the story of Peanut the Squirrel.
Mark Longo had a pet squirrel he had saved after the squirrel’s mother was killed by a car seven years ago. Peanut, also affectionally known as “P’Nut,” became an Instagram star with its interactions with Longo.
Then the NY Department of Environmental Conservation reportedly came into Longo’s home and removed Peanut and Fred the Raccoon, another pet. They claimed that Peanut bit one of the investigators, so they euthanized both pets to test for rabies, they claimed.
If a pet has been in someone’s home for seven years and is an indoor pet, the chance of rabies seems pretty darn near impossible. And if what Longo is saying is true, the heavy hand here was ridiculous for pets that weren’t causing any problems.
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