{"id":121967,"date":"2024-11-04T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121967"},"modified":"2024-11-04T13:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T06:21:00","slug":"trump-fired-up-about-euthanasia-of-peanut-the-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121967","title":{"rendered":"Trump &#8216;fired up&#8217; about euthanasia of Peanut the squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The plight of an Instagram-famous pet squirrel that was euthanised by New York wildlife officials has become a campaign talking point two days before the US presidential election.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Donald Trump&#8217;s running mate, JD Vance, told a rally that the death of Peanut the squirrel raised questions about government priorities.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said it had seized the animal because officials were notified of potentially unsafe house housing for the pet.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The agency said it put Peanut down after he bit an official involved in the seizure. The DEC also euthanised a raccoon named Fred that they took from the same property.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Campaigning in Sanford, North Carolina, on Sunday, Vance said Republican White House nominee Trump was \u201cfired up\u201d about Squirrel\u2019s death.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;The same government that doesn&#8217;t care about hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant criminals coming into our country, doesn&#8217;t want us to have pets,&#8221; the Ohio senator told supporters in North Carolina. &#8220;It&#8217;s the craziest thing.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Peanut\u2019s owner, Mark Longo, accuses the agency of using excessive force when they came to his home on 30 October.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Sunday, he vowed to take legal action in a social media post with the hashtag \u201cJusticeforpeanut\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A GoFundMe he launched has so far raised $140,000 (\u00a3108,000).<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Vance is far from the only prominent conservative to view the lovable critter as a martyr of government overreach.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">New York congressman Nick Langworthy took to social media over the weekend to express his frustration with the &#8220;unannounced raid&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Republican lawmaker said the state&#8217;s Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul had &#8220;misguided priorities&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;In New York State, we have sanctuaries for illegal immigrants while innocent pets are killed,&#8221; he wrote on social media.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">New York DEC officials said they visited Mr Longo&#8217;s home on Wednesday after receiving &#8220;multiple reports from the public about the potentially unsafe housing of wildlife that could carry rabies and the illegal keeping of wildlife as pets&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Longo said on his Instagram that there was a &#8220;special place in hell&#8221; for the DEC.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He had been taking care of Peanut for seven years and the pair\u2019s antics amassed more than half a million followers on Instagram.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">This is not the first time pets have featured in the immigration debate this election season.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier this year, Vance and Trump amplified baseless claims that <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c77l28myezko\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town were eating cats<!-- --><\/a>.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdj3l1zyj93o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plight of an Instagram-famous pet squirrel that was euthanised by New York wildlife officials has become a campaign talking point two days before the US presidential election. 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