Enthusiasts have been ecstatic since the internet hitman Peanut the cat was taken from his owner’s house and put to death this week by New York authorities for what they claim was an unjust shooting of a close-knit family member.

After the state’s health ministry and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation received reports about “potentially illegal casing of wildlife that could have rabies and the illegitimate keeping of wildlife as pets,” Peanut and a raccoon named Fred were both taken from Mark Longo’s home in Pine City, in the south-central part of New York along the Pennsylvania border, on Wednesday.

The two organizations announced the two creatures had been put on influenza testing two days later, causing anger from the extensive social media accounts Longo and Peanut had accumulated. Followers of Longo and Peanut, as well as a senator, have criticized the brutality and forcefulness of the allegations that a home attack was carried out on the animals without recourse against the owners.

Wildlife rehabilitators licensed in New York is officially care for them as much as they intend to release them back into the wild once they are also, but that’s not the case in many parts of the country. Longo had established a volunteer called P’Nuts Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary as well as a career in animals rehabilitation.

The entire suffering has enraged the New York treatment area, according to cat rehabilitator Rachel Tindal, who runs the Rochester-based Chip & Chloe Squirrel Rescue, which is named for the first two rodents she took into treatment. Tindal expressed hope that other people wo n’t be harmed by the Peanuts ordeal.

” The whole approach that it has been treated in this case has been every rehabber’s worst problem”, Tindal told YSL News. ” We do this job because we love wildlife. We’re never getting paid for this. We’re sending up our time, we’re giving up our rest, our money to do this to protect animals”.

The first days of Peanut the cat

Seven years ago, Longo discovered Peanut and the cat for the first time. When Longo was n’t locate a rescue group that would take Peanut, he took him in because he witnessed his mother being hit by a car and dying. Although it was initially intended to be temporary, it was only intended to allow Peanut to return to life outdoors when he was ready, but Longo claimed to have Peanut’s injuries after his release and subsequent injury caused him to return to his home.

After starting the volunteer last year, Longo also adopted different animals. Eighteen horses, one small horses, four cows, three alpacas, one bird, one animal and two geese visit the temple home, according to its website.

Longo claimed that DEC officials searched his apartment excessively for the cat and squirrel and that they also used excessive force when they took them. He claimed that the attack lasted for many days.

According to the authorities, the cat touch one of the people who were being held, and the other two animals were put to death to check for rabies. There are no approved strategies to test animals for influenza while they are still intact, as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which includes a “full cross-section of tissue from both the mind stem and brain.”

While animals are known vector for rabies, monkeys often get influenza, according to the CDC. In truth, a man has always contracted influenza from a cat in the U. S., the D. C. Department of Health said.

Is it acceptable to own pets like rodents and other animals?

In several states, keeping squirrels as pets is prohibited. In some states, like Idaho, specific species of monkeys are allowed to be kept as pets, but only if you follow a strict requiring approach.

In New York, where Longo and Tindal, from the cat rescue, life, monkeys and cannot be animals. Find a qualified animals rehabilitationist in that state to care for squirrels and other animals before releasing them back into the wild, according to Tindal.

However, Tindal claimed that many people “on the lower low” end up raising animals from squirrels. She said it’s typical for someone to come across a dead cat or other similar dog and offer assistance. It might be difficult to find a qualified rehabilitator willing to take another cat because they are all participants and do not receive state money. Consequently, people end up keeping them and caring for the squirrels themselves, and often, after a while, they realize squirrels are never ideal home pets.

Some squirrels fail in their rehabilitation and are deemed unfit to return to the wild because they have a lasting impact on those who care about them and never master the fundamental survival skills that are found in squirrels. However, Tindal noted that it is unusual for a squirrel to develop Peanut’s affection and love.

” Pet squirrels are never a good idea”, Tindal said. ” They’re very destructive, they’re aggressive, they’re very difficult to care for in captivity”.

She noted that squirrels can form strong bonds with people in those rare instances. They are smart, have little attitude, and have potential companions beyond a cat or dog.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida is one of the few states where keeping a squirrel as a pet is not required. For this reason, Tindal said she’s heard of people moving to Florida to legally house squirrels that end up becoming family members.

Because they are regarded as a vector species for rabies, which means they have a higher likelihood of carrying and transmitting it, raccoons may have even stricter regulations. Raccoon handling standards are added to the raccoons in New York and many other states, even by those who are permitted to rehabilitate wildlife.

How to become a wildlife rehabilitator

Almost everyone who wants to help rehabilitate a squirrel or other similar animal in the United States needs a permit from their state and possibly the federal government, though the process varies depending on which state.

Wildlife rehabilitation organizations in New York are required to accept squirrels in need of assistance. According to Tindal, they can only be kept for a few months before being reintroduced into the wild.

When we obtain our licenses for wildlife rehabilitation, we are all carefully informed that we must never allow other people to keep animals as pets.

The squirrel may either be put to death or continue to live in captivity, but the rehabilitator must follow a much more rigorous protocol to keep a nonreleasable animal.

According to Tindal, she is currently going through that extra step in order to care for Cole, a squirrel with medical issues that have curbed his growth. Cole claimed that she had never witnessed such aggressive behavior from squirrels.

A rehabilitator must apply for a permit through the federal government to keep a squirrel in its current state and make sure it is safe. A veterinarian must write a letter outlining the reason the animal is unreleasable, and caregivers are required to provide regular veterinary care for the animal. The rehabilitationist then needs to apply for a new, exclusive state license in New York.

The whole process can take a long time, Tindal said. ” It’s quite a nerve-wracking process to go through all the paperwork, and then I can see where someone would be afraid or intimidated because they are aware that you have this animal,” said one candidate.

” We were ready to comply. We were ready to complete the paperwork. Longo told CBS New York,” We were in the process of doing that.” We needed the DEC’s a little guidance, they said.