Read how justice was served when bureaucrats from the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation walked into the house of the much beloved Peanut the Squirrel’s owner unannounced, with no warrant or permission, scooped up the hapless squirrel, and a pet raccoon as well, because they thought there was a possibility these well-cared for pets might be rabid. The only way to find out though was to gas them both, which they did a few days later.
The owner insisted he was working on getting the forms necessary to prove the animals had had their shots, but that wasn’t sufficient, so RIP Peanuts and his raccoon pal.
No word yet after several days from officials of the results of the autopsy, but we may sleep better knowing the owner’s rights were steamrolled so to protect us from us a small possibility of these poor critters being infected.
Read more about all-too-powerful bureaucrats overstepping their bounds, without a by-your-leave or apology, in this Hot Air piece by David Strom.
The Taos Tatler 