Peanut the Squirrel was taken from the house of Mark Longon by the New York State Division of Environmental Conservation on Oct. 30 and euthanized to check for rabies the identical day. Fred the raccoon was additionally seized from Longo’s residence and euthanized after the company stated it had acquired complaints that wildlife was being saved illegally.
Between Oct. 19 and 23, the Chemung County Well being Division and the New York Division of Environmental Conservation bought 4 complaints in regards to the Longo’s housing a raccoon and squirrel with out right licensure, in keeping with a county information launch.
On Oct. 30, 9 conservation officers went to the Longo family and spent about 5 hours “ransacking” it, Longo stated, including that he and his spouse had been detained through the search, his spouse’s immigration standing was questioned, and the house was checked for cameras. (Longo’s spouse Daniela is a German immigrant.)
It turned out that Peanut the Squirrel had a big social media presence and following which induced an uproar, even inflicting Jim Miller to make point out of it throughout his UFC 309 post-fight victory speech at Madison Sq. Backyard.
“New York, I bought one factor to say first – we want justice for Peanut. It’s not only a squirrel,” Miller defined. “It’s all the children that went hungry that evening and all the opposite issues the cash and sources may have been put to.
“Hopefully, that DOGE (Division of Authorities Effectivity) will clear issues up on the state degree.”
UFC Fighter Jim Miller makes use of his victory speech to say justice for Peanut the squirrel and hopes DOGE can clear up the misuse of sources @elonmusk @DOGE pic.twitter.com/JZ5XDgfBiB
— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) November 17, 2024
Miller, who had defeated Damon Jackson on the November 16 occasion, continued to debate the subject backstage on the media scrum.
“Make it make sense. … What number of occasions have I had that mic? Now I exploit the platform to speak a couple of squirrel and the mismanagement of funds on the State degree.”
Jim Miller will get completely fired up over the loss of life of Peanut the Squirrel after #UFC309:
“Make it make sense. … What number of occasions have I had that mic? Now I exploit the platform to speak a couple of squirrel and the mismanagement of funds on the State degree.” pic.twitter.com/WBeX4QnNZe
— MMA Combating (@MMAFighting) November 17, 2024
