Image via Instagram New York officials are standing beside their decision to euthanize both Peanut The Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon after seizing them. Results showed that neither animal had rabies after testing.

Peanut the pet squirrel, who was a social media star before being seized by authorities in upstate New York, tested negative for rabies after being euthanized, a county official said Tuesday.

Peanut, the social media star squirrel at the center of a national furor after it was seized from its owner in upstate New York and euthanized, has tested negative for rabies, a county official said Tuesday.

A New York animal sanctuary owner is grieving the loss of his beloved squirrel, Peanut, after the animal was seized and euthanized by state authoritie

Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss confirmed that the rabies results for Peanut and Fred came back negative.

Peanut the squirrel, the Instagram-famous rodent whose killing by New York State environmental officers became a brief election flashpoint, did not have rabies after all, officials have said.

Mark Longo, the owner of internet sensation P’Nut the Squirrel, is set to seek legal action against those accountable after the Oct. 30th seizure of the squirrel from Longo’s home in Pine City. Longo sat down with 18 New’s Jim Turpin on Wednesday,

A pet squirrel named Peanut, who was a social media star before being seized by authorities in upstate New York, has tested negative for rabies.