After his euthanization on Friday, social media users are grieving the passing of the adored Peanut the Rabbit.

A recovery cat named Peanut, or” PNUT,” spent seven years with Mark Longo, the content creator.

Longo’s home now includes Peanut in the wake of a tragic accident. Longo explains how he entered Peanut after witnessing the deer’s mother hit by a car in a 2022 article from YSL News. Peanut’s mother died after the injury which left him an infant.

Along the trio lived in their Pine City, New York apartment with Longo’s rabbit Chloe. Peanut’s social media accounts were created by Longo, giving their followers an inside look at their life.

Peanut had garnered over half a million social media followers on Instagram, X, and TikTok.

A cat and racoon were put to death on Friday in response to a rabies check by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Chemung County Department of Health.

In a sad TikTok article on Friday, Longo informed Peanut’s supporters of his death.

” Hi people. I do n’t know how I’m gonna say this. I just want to say thank you to all of you”, he said. The best thing that has ever happened to us was Peanuts. And we were informed that he had been put down.

While having a photo of Peanut, Longo continued to speak.

We need all of you to unite and support us, he said,” but I want to keep fighting this battle as much as I does.” Please continue to support our efforts to keep Peanut’s name alive through our organizations and continuing legal wars. Bless you all”.

In an Instagram article on Saturday, a letter was written to Peanut and Fred, the squirrel that was also euthanized.

The post’s title,” It breaks our hearts that there were cruel people who took you apart from us,” is quoted in piece. ” We did not miss you, Peanut and Fred. Your memories may serve as our guide as we take care of your family because you will always be in our souls.

Social media users react to Nut the Squirrel’s dying

After learning about Peanut’s suicide, politicians took to X to express their anger.

” The NYS DEC needs to examine their crazy incorrect interests seriously.” New York Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY ) wrote in the post. Local officials in Steuben County are attempting to prevent debris-filled waters by focusing on pressing needs like overflow mitigation, which local authorities have to work with. NY citizens deserve better”.

A TikToker gave more particulars of the events that took place leading up to Peanut’s death.

” Nut the Squirrel’s user speaks about our government theft this rabbit, the fox brother, and then just unaliving them for absolutely zero purpose”, the person said. They claimed that the theft and death had to be approved by four departments and a assess.

People who were just learning about Peanut the Squirrel even shared their opinions.

” This ca n’t be real”, the user said. ” Is this a joke? Are they teasing? They’re actually sent a S. W. A. T. group to go get a cat and a fox. I’m then aware that Peanut the Squirrel reportedly had a large following on TikTok. But, please explain this to me. Maybe I do n’t get it. Our rodents harmful”?

An X person is requesting the release of the titles of those responsible.

” Launch all names involved in the license, arrest and then murder of Peanut the Squirrel & the Raccoon”, they wrote in the article.

Other social media users continue to share how they feel about the administration’s decision.

” For New York City to take their time, their assets, to do all this for a cat and a squirrel- it makes no sense to me”, the person said. ” As I do n’t understand what’s wrong with New York City,” I said. You guys have far more important things to worry about than going acquire a squirrel, put a happy squirrel to death, and remove him from his family.