New York Bureaucrats Get Their Squirrel, P Nut – WSJ

They treated me like I was a terrorist. They treated this raid as if I was a drug dealer. They ransacked my house for five hours, Mr. Longo told the New York Post. They asked my wife, who is of German descent, what her immigration status was. They asked if I had cameras in my house. They wouldn t allow me to go to the bathroom without a police escort, who then checked the back of the toilet to see if I was hiding anything there.

Mr. Longo told the Post he took in P Nut seven years ago after the squirrel s mother was killed. P Nut has since become something of a star on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Mr. Longo published images of P Nut behaving more like a domesticated house pet than a rodent in the wild.

The squirrel cops nonetheless took custody of P Nut and Fred and euthanized them to check for rabies after P Nut allegedly bit one of the raiding agents on the hand. Mr. Longo told the Post he saw no evidence of the bite and that the agents wore heavy gloves. It is against state law to keep a wild animal in a home without a license, but Mr. Longo said he tried to release P Nut into the wild only to rescue him after he was attacked by other animals.

The P Nut incident has exploded on social media as an example of abusive government, and it s hard to conclude otherwise if Mr. Longo s account is accurate. The 34-year-old had better watch out now that he s gone public, because there s nobody more vengeful than a bureaucracy that s been embarrassed when its bullying zealotry is exposed.

via www.wsj.com

Disgraceful.