Interesting story. Bit of a watch , 15:26 but worth it. Lots of funny memes in the middle.
World famous squirrel seized by NY DEC , then killed. Going viral very quickly.


Opening a bit of a huge can of worms with the Tman crowd. Respond to this thread with candor ,one side or another but please keep it civil for the Tman mods.


<Cragar putting on flame suit>

I have no words for how I feel about a squirrel…..

Moving on.

Only took 6 armed CO's to confiscate a tame squirrel.

That's nuts.

Ain’t going to beat that, given the thread subject.

somebody needs to get the New York politicians on the air talking about why....If this gets enough eyeballs.....It could swing it. crazy

I haven't read up on it enough to form an opinion yet. Was the guy properly licensed to hold wildlife? And if so was he in full compliance? Here in Georgia you ain't getting a permit for a pet squirrel or raccoon, period, and if you're a licensed rehabber and make a pet out of one you'll get your license pulled.

There's reasons why the DNR is so strict.

https://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/2010/11/articles/animals/other-animals/raccoons-attack-baby/#:~:text=By%20Scott%20Weese%20on%20November,thing%20for%20them%20to%20do.

You can't murder a animal....lol

BS opinions like this are ignorant, search warrants 8 officers , we have real sh&$!! Going on in the country today, wait let's go kill this squirrel, what a chicken sssst. Thing to do.
We have murders walking our streets,

Like I said I haven't read up on it. I'm assuming these were crappie cops so it's not like they're being called off of a fugitive task force or something.

Some of us have never asked permission to rehab any animal they have rehabbed. Let's say I know a guy that's bottle raised squirrels, injured chipmunk, coon that's mom and siblings were smashed in the road and even a bard owl that had a broken wing( shudder the horror) . The guy has never had a fatality with one and all were released with no issues.
some people need a master others don't.

Years ago I was driving to work on a Friday of Memorial Day weekend and there was a big ole coon dead on the road. The following Tuesday evening I was on my way home from work and that raccoon was a total pancake on the double yellow lines. Sitting on the shoulder was the tiniest baby coon I'd ever seen. I pulled over, jumped out of my Z-28 and walked over to it. He was chirping away and carrying on as I picked him up and brought him to my car. After bringing him home, I started thinking that if there's one there's gotta be more. I drove back to the dead coon and stood on the side of the road and just listened. Sure enough, I could hear other babies chiping away. Followed the sounds to a nearby den tree and collected three more, also found a dead one.

They had no teeth and their eyes had probably opened for the first time just a couple days earlier. I bottle fed them for a couple of weeks, mostly during the night because I had to be at work all day. They all thrived and were awesome as they followed me anywhere I went but after about four months they were simply too much for my small one bedroom condo.

Gave them to a friend of mine who lived on a lake surrounded by woods. The plan was to get them acclimated to the area and let them wander off into the wild when they felt the need to.

A couple months went by and two of the four coons caught a cold of some sort so my friend unknowingly took them to his local vet to get checked out. They told him he may as well bring in the other two so they could also be checked out so, him and his girlfriend run to his house and get the other two.

After sitting in the waiting room for an hour or so they are informed that all four coon have been euthanized to be tested for rabies. My buddy and his girlfriend start freaking out but were quickly told that if they didn't leave immediately the DEC would be called and they'd be arrested for keeping wild animals without the proper permits.

And some of us got some common sense. Come live just outside Atlanta and you understand the why.

Wildlife should never be pets.

Let one do it....then what?

When a person finds a animal run over etc. with the little one nearby I don't have a problem with raising that critter up and letting it go.Just common sense.

I’ve read bits and pieces about this,,, I had read that it was killed to test for rabies,why was the squrriel killed to check for rabies?? Did it bite someone?
Or did they do it to justify taking away a squirrel??
To me, it’s just a squirrel,,, but I see the excessive use of force and it clearly wasn’t necessary,,,
Did he have a menagerie of squirrels armed to the teeth with those evil ar15 a, or is it ar16, or maybe ar17??

warrior Your right if it's like you say around Alanta the one with common since have moved elsewhere. Same reason some won't live in a place with home owners association and other will and like it until the association negatively affects them directly.

SW
You're right, just as no one should ever break any laws, including everyone,no one is exempt, who hasn't? Even with laws there's still right from wrong.