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P’Nut the squirrel can’t rest in peace in NY — his headless body held by the state as ‘evidence’
NY Post ^ | 12/07/24 | Matthew Sedacca

Posted on 12/07/2024 7:17:31 AM PST by Libloather

P’Nut can’t rest in peace.

The headless body of the world’s most famous squirrel is currently being held in a refrigerated room somewhere in upstate New York, The Post has learned.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is preserving it as “evidence” from its agents’ harried November raid on a home in Chemung County, where they seized P’Nut the Squirrel and his raccoon pal, Fred, and then euthanized the beloved pets, according to an agency spokesperson.

Their heads were cut off for rabies testing, which proved neither animal was infected with the deadly disease.

The whereabouts and status of the animals’ actual noggins, meanwhile, are entirely unknown.

A state Department of Health spokesperson refused to confirm the location of their remains or whether the critters had been shipped off to the agency’s Wadsworth Center rabies lab in Slingerlands, citing pending litigation by the animals’ grieving owner, Mark Longo.

Longo had hoped get his pets’ bodies back for a formal burial and funeral.

He said he immediately put in a request for the remains but received only radio silence.

“We filed paperwork for it, and that’s what kind of hurt the most — they didn’t answer to it,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: evidence; headless; pnut; squirrel
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"Say, Hal. Wonderful Department of Environmental Conservation Christmas party this year by the way. What are these fabulous crispy nuggets on the buffet?"
1 posted on 12/07/2024 7:17:31 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I’m going to guess they would call it a ‘Winter’ or ‘Holiday’ party before they call it a ‘Christmas’ party.


2 posted on 12/07/2024 7:23:04 AM PST by posterchild
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To: Libloather
Meanwhile, from the same county in Upstate NY...

Chemung County Sheriff’s Office will arrest your naughty Elf on the Shelf

3 posted on 12/07/2024 7:24:05 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Libloather

“The state Department of Environmental Conservation is preserving it as “evidence”

Yeah it was quite the caper wasn’t it?

Nice to know Barney Fife is on the case. SMH


4 posted on 12/07/2024 7:25:17 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: mewzilla

Maybe I’m dense, but that is just stupid.


5 posted on 12/07/2024 7:26:37 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: Libloather
Meanwhile...

Rabies expert says NYS’s own data reveal why it was ‘insane’ to kill, decapitate P’Nut the squirrel

And from the UK...

P’Nut saga: Squirrel decapitated because ‘he had rabies’ was not actually infected The furry creature became a symbol of government overreach to supporters after being taken from an animal sanctuary in upstate New York

BTW, did we ever find out what Mrs. Largo's immigration status had to do with this...?

Especially since there is a plethora of migrants running around NYS that state and local LE have zero interest in...

6 posted on 12/07/2024 7:29:19 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

When it comes to government, that’s not a bug, it’s a feature.


7 posted on 12/07/2024 7:30:26 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Libloather

The reason Americans are worked up about P’Nut being seized in an illegal swat-style raid by government goons and then decapitated is that the entire episode is emblematic of government brutality and overreach in the United States. Our public “servants” in government need to be smacked down hard and taught how to behave.


8 posted on 12/07/2024 7:30:53 AM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: Libloather

I hope hot pants Hochul is proud of her police state. What’s next? Raids on family dogs? Cats? Despicable.


9 posted on 12/07/2024 7:40:40 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: ChildOfThe60s

> Maybe I’m dense, but that is just stupid. <

Well, let’s see. You’ve got a toy elf on your shelf. And there are young children in the house. A bunch of deputies come into your house and grab the elf.

This program is supposed to teach children how law enforcement works. More likely it will just confuse and scare them.

So, yeah. It’s a very stupid idea.


10 posted on 12/07/2024 7:45:11 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: DeplorablePaul
More like, who's next?
11 posted on 12/07/2024 7:50:40 AM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Libloather
HEADLESS BODY IN BRAINLESS STATE


12 posted on 12/07/2024 8:04:59 AM PST by Meet the New Boss
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To: Libloather

Which budget did this come out of...Waste?...good grief. Total insanity. He’ll probably get $100,000 from Hochul...to make it right.


13 posted on 12/07/2024 8:05:59 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Libloather

These Government agents Break into a home with a Warrant to search same for a wild animal and in the process of taking the animal the animal allegedly scratches the idiot taking him from his home.

The Officer then claims he may be infected by the Rabies virus when the owner of the pet Knew the animal never exhibited any such symptoms. So the state Murders that Pet as well as a pet Raccoon.

The government at all levels wonder why the citizens hate these bastards so much.


14 posted on 12/07/2024 8:11:22 AM PST by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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“We filed paperwork for it, and that’s what kind of hurt the most — they didn’t answer to it,” he said.

You’re dealing with unelected bureaucrats — they answer to no one.

15 posted on 12/07/2024 8:22:20 AM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Libloather

What is needed is a nationwide social media campaign that makes fun of and condemns Governor Jackboots herself, as well as the goons who work for her. Trump and Elon need to weigh in, constantly, until this crap drops.

Evidence - of WHAT, exactly. This case is over, and the thugs in NY are only holding the bodies of these animals to increase the emotional distress and sense of powerlessness of the owners.

The owners should sue the state - even if they can’t win, the will win in both the court of public opinion and by having a GoFundMe campaign.


16 posted on 12/07/2024 8:23:39 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Libloather

P’nut died so we may have Trump! May he rest in peace in squirrel heaven(along with Fred!)


17 posted on 12/07/2024 8:25:50 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: mewzilla

Have the kids meet the deputies on the lawn and yell “Squirrell killers!!” and “Justice for P’nut!”


18 posted on 12/07/2024 8:28:45 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: wildcard_redneck

“..Our public “servants” in government need to be smacked down hard and taught how to behave....”

In this case, they should get the EXACT same treatment they gave Peanut.
In Fauxi’s case, he should get the EXACT same treatment he gave those beagle pups.


19 posted on 12/07/2024 8:39:59 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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To: gundog

The county sheriff’s department has denied any involvement in the raid.

FWIW.

But A) the idea is still incredibly creepy.

And B) crime is high, manpower low.

But I daresay playing with darling kids beats dealing with drunks, murderers, domestic abusers, thieves...


20 posted on 12/07/2024 8:50:58 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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