Pearl - November 09, 2024The Tragic Fate of Peanut： A TikTok Squirrel's Untimely End ｜ Pearl Daily
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Summary
Peanut, the squirrel turned social media star who boasted 700,000 followers on instagram, was removed from Mark Longo's home last week along with an injured raccoon named Fred. The agency said in a search warrant they had to euthanize both animals amid rabies concerns, claiming Peanut bit an investigator.
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so one of the most one of the biggest travesties that happened under the biden administration was
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that an innocent squirrel lost his life yeah so there was a squirrel that was tick tock famous
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tick tock famous and i'm going to show you guys the video his name was peanut and the american
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government came in and euthanized this squirrel let me show you i'm never gonna dress him up again i'm
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never gonna eat a waffle with him i'll never be able to put this on peanut ever again they took two
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innocent animals and they took peanut from me they took fred from me squirrel dad mark longo speaking
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out amid his grief and outrage y'all can make fun of me for crying but knowing that that squirrel
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will never run up and down these shelves again it absolutely kills me i'm sorry for crying mark's
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emotional message on instagram coming days after losing his beloved squirrel peanut the squirrel
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turned social media star who boasted 700 000 followers on instagram was removed from mark's home last week
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along with an injured raccoon named fred mark adopted peanut seven years ago after seeing his mother run
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down but department of environmental conservation officials said in their search warrant they lacked
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the proper paperwork they knew i was going through the paperwork and they came here anyways so for
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those who are saying i don't have the paperwork you know what you're right but we were working in the
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process of doing it but you're telling me all of this was necessary to use taxpayers money mark blasting
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authorities for tearing apart their home the agency said in the aftermath they had to euthanize both
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animals amid rabies concerns claiming peanut bit an investigator i haven't moved anything in my house
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since they came and took my animals they killed those animals right after they left my house they didn't
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quarantine them apparently peanut bit somebody i've showed you all you know i showed you all fred peanut
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didn't bite a soul and you're gonna tell me a well-trained officer got bit by an animal mark says
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peanuts internet fame might have led to someone filing that initial complaint i have not received a
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single phone call or anything from the state officials yes we're gonna get justice for peanut i promise
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you guys that you know peanut might have passed away but it started a evolution and that's what we'll
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remember peanut for okay so i i want to do a moment of silence for for peanut sorry it's just so hard
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you know so yeah so we're gonna do a moment of silence for the squirrel
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rest in peace peanut okay yeah i mean i think this i think the squirrel won the election for trump