Photo Credit: @peanut_the_squirrel12 on Instagram
PINE CITY, N.Y. (WENY) — A squirrel named Peanut has lived with his owner Mark Longo for nearly seven years and the pair have gained millions of followers on social media. However, on Wednesday morning, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation seized Peanut from Longo’s farm and his fate is unknown. Both Longo and the DEC are speaking out.
Animal lovers worldwide are banding together to try and bring Peanut home. Even going as far as to create a petition that, at the time of writing has almost 20,000 signatures. Longo says he has even had celebrities reach out to him to check on him and the status of Peanut which, is unknown at this time. Now, he is simply left searching for answers…