Image via Instagram New York officials are standing beside their decision to euthanize both Peanut The Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon after seizing them. Results showed that neither animal had rabies after testing.

Chemung County officials Tuesday responded to a claim the county Health Department ordered internet sensation Peanut the Squirrel to be euthanized.

Spread the loveThe results of the rabies test for Peanut the Squirrel and Fred the raccoon have been made public; neither animal tested positive for rabies. According to Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss,

A pet squirrel named Peanut, who was a social media star before being seized by authorities in upstate New York, has tested negative for rabies.

Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss confirmed that the rabies results for Peanut and Fred came back negative.

The Chemung County Executive’s Office held a press conference on Tuesday morning detailing the Chemung County Health Department’s role in the seizure of Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon from a home in Pine City on Oct.

Peanut the squirrel, the Instagram-famous rodent whose killing by New York State environmental officers became a brief election flashpoint, did not have rabies after all, officials have said.

Mark Longo, the owner of internet sensation P’Nut the Squirrel, is set to seek legal action against those accountable after the Oct. 30th seizure of the squirrel from Longo’s home in Pine City. Longo sat down with 18 New’s Jim Turpin on Wednesday,

Peanut, a social media star pet squirrel seized and euthanized by authorities in New York, has tested negative for rabies.