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Peanut, who has amassed more than half a million Instagram followers, was euthanized by officials to be tested for rabies.

Peanut, the Instagram-famous squirrel that was seized from its owner's home Wednesday, has been euthanized by New York state officials. 

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation took Peanut, as well as a raccoon named Fred, on Wednesday after the agency learned the animals were “sharing a residence with humans, creating the potential for human exposure to rabies," it said in a joint statement with the Chemung County Department of Health.

Both Peanut and Fred were euthanized to test for rabies, the statement said. It was unclear when the animals were euthanized.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 50 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Wild squirrels are not legal pets in NY—not that the legality necessitates this cruel outcome.

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Disgusting, FYI yes squirrels can carry rabies, but it is extremely, I say again EXTREMELY rare, and transmission to a human via a squirrel is even MORE rare than that. Typically rabies just outright kills small rodents such as squirrels

[–] its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

It isn't that the virus outright kills them. They just typically don't get close enough to animals that could infect them. They are prey animals so they wouldn't approach infected animals, they would run. They are also very small so the initial bite or scratch that could infect them kills them before they actually develop the disease. But a squirrel living with a raccoon because some guy thought it was cute. Yea, that would do it

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[–] rotten@lemm.ee 24 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This is what government does. It finds you breaking some arbitrary rule and makes the worst possible outcome for all parties involved. Then they pretend and act like it's for your own good.

Squirrels don't normally carry rabies. There were plenty of other options.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

There were no other options, imo. The inspector who was bitten likely did get a vaccine immediately, but vaccines are not guaranteed to work. There is no reliable way to test an animal for rabies without killing it.

These rules exist to help people and animals, and law enforcement followed them all to the letter.

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[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Squirrels don't normally carry rabies.

While not impossible, it's actually considered near impossible by experts. For whatever reason, smaller mammals seem to simply not be affected by rabies.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Because they generally die before they infect others. They absolutely can get rabies. I have never seen anyone say it's "near impossible" except pro-wild-animals-as-pets "experts".

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[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I read this article a couple days ago. It reminded me of this short tale:

https://youtube.com/shorts/GUtBjDYBOhU?si=-hXDUDwelGAWdhtl

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 days ago

After reading the whole thing, this is heartbreaking

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