Peanut the Squirrel is gone but not forgotten. Judicial Watch keeps his memory alive while reminding us that a government overgrown enough to kill our pets is a frightening government indeed.

New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation initially failed to comply with a Freedom of Information Law request, but finally coughed up documents:

The incident report from the raid on [Pine City, NY resident Mark] Longo’s home shows that 12 law enforcement personnel were involved in the October 30, 2024, operation to seize Peanut and [a raccoon named] Fred.

The records also show that Peanut was decapitated for rabies analysis after a wildlife biologist who seized the animal from Longo claimed to have been bitten on the thumb.

However, killing Peanut and Fred for rabies testing had evidently been planned all along.

This isn’t just about pets. The incident report…

…notes that both animals were “seized and transferred to [redacted]” on October 30, 2024. They also note that a firearm, model CT4-2A (which is a semi-automatic 9mm AR-15 style rifle produced by Delta Level Defense) was seized and sent to a lab on October 30, 2024. The form lists the “value” of the animals and firearm as “$0.00.”

The brush with Big Government was no fun for Longo:

“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,” Longo told the New York Post.

Fortunately, it is still possible to escape from the anarchotyrannical dystopia moonbats have made of New York, as many have been proving, including Yours Truly. But if liberals consolidate power over the federal government, it won’t just be squirrels who are in real trouble.

On a tip from Wiggins.