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. The animal's owner, Mark Longo, said he would file legal action ...

Peanut was a rescue squirrel who lived under Longo's care for seven years. Longo found Peanut as a baby squirrel in the middle of a busy Manhattan street. After eight months of rehabilitation, Longo tried to release Peanut back into the wild. A day and a ...

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.