‘Government overreach’: NY authorities’ ‘ridiculous’ decision to euthanise beloved squirrel

Wrong Speak Publishing Founder Adam B Coleman claims the killing of a pet squirrel and racoon by New York authorities was a perfect example of “government overreach”. US authorities had seized and euthanised a New York couple’s pet squirrel called Peanut and racoon named Fred earlier this month. UFC fighter Jim Miller paid tribute to the pet squirrel during his victory speech at Madison Square Garden. “The amount of force that was used to come in there for a squirrel – different departments, judges signing off on warrants and all these types of things; it was just utterly ridiculous,” Mr Coleman told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “And for what reason? Nothing really came from it, and I believe it stemmed from one single complaint. So, you know, Peanut is just an example of government just completely overreaching.”