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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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[-] its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works 105 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Okay, I was initially totally against the DEC but reading the article really changed my mind. You need a license to own wild animals in NY. Ya know cause they should not be pets... also wildlife rehabilitation requires a license and training. Also rehabilitating means returning them to the wild. Not to mention an extra license and training for animals that are common carriers of rabies.

He has a squirrel for 7 years as a pet without a license with zero intention to rehabilitate his animals. He was using them to make money. Getting them to do tricks, wear hats and clothes. He essentially had a roadside zoo, but his customers were online. He says he was in the process of getting a license. He had the squirrel for 7 years, and was actively collecting more animals. This guy sucks, no wonder people were reporting him.

[-] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago

Oh man I don't enjoy being that guy right now but for the love of all, It's CUSTOMERS. Costumers are people who work in dress-up.

I've only seen this in the past few years, but it's become such a common mistake. I don't understand it.

Sorry, I mean you're making a salient point about the lack of a license and all. Even so, if he's been caring for the squirrel domestically for seven years, where do they think the supposed rabies would have come from? It doesn't just manifest.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

All these mistakes grind my gears, but this one is especially bad. Some of them make sense because of the way the word is pronounced.

Who is out there saying costumers instead of customers? Nobody says it like that.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 month ago

Autocorrect says it like that, and it's an easy one to miss if you aren't paying close attention.

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago

but it’s become such a common mistake. I don’t understand it.

Yeah, like how common loose instead of lose, and rouge instead of rogue is.

[-] its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Naw it's all good thanks! I'm dyslexic so I swap the vowels, I've always done it. Lol

They recently obtained a raccoon. Which are one of the most common animals to get rabies. He also attempted to release the squirrel when it was 8 months old. It came back injured. It could have been infected then, rabies can lie dormant for years.

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

Well... It's English. Y'all's vowels are 90 % schwa and half of the rest is completely dependent on the accent.

"Cuh-stuh-muh". Same vowel. If English's spelling was to be redone, I vote for a hangul-style writing system but with the vowels only implied: kx/stx/mx.

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