I’m sure you’ve heard the story already, but just in case you hadn’t and your Saturday morning was starting sunny and happy…
New York State is a commie hellhole.
A couple who had a rescue pet squirrel and raccoon had them seized by the state and they were euthanized.
The squirrel was a seven-year-old rescue who had a massive Instagram following. Apparently, there were complaints that the property was a “vector for rabies”. A judge signed off on a warrant, agents came, and as they were confiscating the squirrel, it bit one of them. So they “had to” euthanize the squirrel and the raccoon to make sure they don’t have rabies.
This is the kind of government abuse that can drive a good people to do bad things. This is, absolutely atrocious.
If anyone is able to pull up the records, the search warrant, the affidavit, I would greatly appreciate it. I have no access to the New York Court filing system.
First link is to a tweet with an interview. Second link Is a link to an article
https://x.com/chadwick_moore/status/1852696146411462869?s=46
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/1/peanut-instagram-famous-squirrel-euthanized-new-yo/