(All the other animals in their care live outside.)
But like a 2024 Murphys law, if something ends up trending, it must become political.
But thats not what I wanted from this.
Mark Longo and Peanut the Squirrel.Mark Longo/Instagram
I wanted my animal.
Who is Peanut and how did he become a famous squirrel?
When he went to scare its baby back onto the sidewalk, the squirrel ran up his leg instead.
With only one eye open and a bad limp, Longo started to call local vets.
They all said they would probably just euthanize him, he told the YouTube channelThe Koala in 2022.
So I started researching squirrels.
That was pretty much the end of Peanuts wildlife career, he said.
It did, though, spark his interest in rescuing animals.
Most of the animals they took in horses, alpacas dont require licensing.
Me and my wife went and took the wildlife [rehabilitator] license [test], he says.
We were in the process of getting paperwork filed.
We were doing our due diligence.
Animal Control became an acquaintance, he says.
Deportations
When did Fred the raccoon get involved?
He had like 60 ticks that we plucked off, he says.
Fred quickly became one of the stars of their social media channels.
What happened with the raid?
My wife immediately told the police officers where Fred was, he says.
We did attempt to keep Peanut away, to see if I could talk them off a ledge.
These are animals that have been starved, he says.
And now youre starving them yourself.
Then things got political?
Are these the same guys that killed my whale and my bear?
Just asking for a friend.
