They lastly realized they have been nuts.
New York officers issued a mea culpa Friday over the seizure and slaughter of beloved P’Nut the squirrel — however the months-late apology has rankled the tragic rodent’s bereaved guardian, who remains to be ready for his pet’s stays to be returned.
Amanda Lefton, appearing director of the state Division of Environmental Conservation, issued a press release Friday apologizing to New Yorkers for final fall’s heavy-handed — and heartless — therapy of beloved pets P’Nut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon.
“We know that we can do better moving forward,” Lefton stated.
“We have carefully reviewed all public feedback and we understand the distress caused to communities throughout the state,” she added.
“I have prioritized a review of our current wildlife protection and enforcement process to protect New Yorkers and this agency from similar incidents in the future.”
The tardy remarks didn’t fulfill Mark Longo, P’Nut’s rescuer and proprietor, who instructed The Publish the company’s platitudes ring hole.
“Today hurt me really bad. To be honest, I’m still shocked and really upset with the response,” he stated in a press release.
“It took DEC almost five months to respond, and they respond with, ‘We can do better.’ Five months of not knowing why Peanut was killed. Five months, and we still don’t have the whereabouts of Peanut’s and Fred’s bodies.”
“No answers. There’s no remorse. I’m just at a loss,” Longo added.
As of December, the headless our bodies of P’Nut and Fred have been being preserved as proof in a refrigerated room someplace upstate, a DEC spokesperson instructed The Publish.
P’Nut and Fred have been seized from Longo’s house by the DEC on Oct. 30 and euthanized by the company sooner or later later, after it obtained an nameless grievance about an animal presumably contaminated with rabies on the Chemung County residence.
DEC brokers combed by means of Longo’s home for hours — leaving with P’Nut and Fred, who the loving pet proprietor would by no means see once more. Each of the animals had been rescued by Longo.
The animal lover saved P’Nut, who was 6, from a New York Metropolis avenue after seeing the squirrel’s mom get struck by a automotive. Little P’Nut was only a child on the time.
Fred was dropped at his doorstep, and he graciously took within the raccoon, who was about 4 months previous when he was euthanized by DEC officers.
Lefton was named appearing head of state DEC final month, changing Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar, who was on the helm of the company through the P’Nut fiasco.
