Elon Musk called New York state ‘wrong’ after they confiscated and euthanised the famous squirrel, affectionately referred to as ‘PNut’ by fans.
The squirrel was put down alongside injured raccoon Fred by New York's Department Of Environmental Conservation this week to test them for rabies.Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and owner of X, formerly Twitter, reacted to the incident in a series of posts to X.He wrote: “The government should not be allowed to barge into your house and kill your pet! That’s messed up.
Longo would post photos and clips of Peanut wearing cowboy hats and doing tricks, like jumping through hoops, on its own Instagram account.The DEC seized Peanut - as well as Fred the raccoon - from Mr Longo's home in Pine City on Wednesday following a number of anonymous complaints.Musk, who has been a vocal advocate of former president Donald Trump in the runup to the US election on Tuesday, then claimed that “President Trump would save the squirrels.
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