P’nut the Squirrel’s grieving family gives tearful statement on TikTok: ‘I’m sad, I’m disgusted’

The owner of P’nut the Squirrel gave a tearful statement on TikTok, Saturday about the tiny creature’s death at the hands of New York State officials.

Mark Longo, joined by his girlfriend, sobbed through his prepared remarks on the killing of his beloved best friend.

“I’m angry, I’m sad, I’m disgusted,” Longo said while choking back his emotions in a clip of a TikTok live.
“We fight and work everyday to pay our state taxes and they turn around and they do this to a family,” Longo said.

New York State and the Department of Environmental Conservation have faced mass public blowback for their actions.

Many of the DEC’s social media posts have gotten  hundreds of comments from outraged supporters of P’nut the Squirrel.

The animal rescuer also thanked his fans and the general public for “unbelievable support.” A GoFundMe set up by Longo in P’nut’s honor has raised over $73,000.

The couple also say that they are inundated with warm messages from supporters.

Longo also said that he will continue to post photos and content of P’nut “in his best days.”
P’nut the Squirrel and Fred the raccoon were confiscated by the Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday following anonymous complaints of a rabies vector species in the home, the department told The Post.

On Friday, the DEC announced that it had euthanized both P’nut and Fred to test them for rabies.
The department claimed in a statement Thursday that P’nut, who was notably friendly and docile through the course of his public facing life, had bitten an agent and needed to be tested for rabies.