Peanut the Squirrel and Zyn Nicotine

Mindy talks about a famous squirrel Peanut being taken and euthanized. Meanwhile Mikaela talks about a Zyn a nicotine product. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
All right, two hot topics, one for myself, one from
a good friend Mikayla, and they're both doozies. Mine is
heart breaking, heart wrenching. I just I'm blown away by
this even happening. Maybe you've heard of Peanut the squirrel before,
maybe you haven't, or Fred the raccoon. Before this case,
I really hadn't heard much about Peanut the squirrel. I
remember seeing squirrels on jet skis, like you know what

(00:26):
I mean, like this, Well, this was kind of like this.
This was a squirrel named Peanut, and for seven years
it was part of this man's life. He rescued him
because the squirrel's mom abandoned him. So this man in
New York, Mark Longo, rescued him and raised him. For
seven years. He lived in this house. And you see

(00:47):
all these different videos of their bond. It was not
like a normal squirrel. It was a beautiful relationship and friendship.
He would hop on his shoulder. It was great. It
was like a normal everyday pet that they loved. And
they also did the same thing with a raccoon. Well,
they became staples to a rescue organization and made so

(01:08):
many kids, especially joyous and joyful. Well, apparently there was
a complaint from a woman in Texas. Remember this is
going on in New York. Pean At the squirrel and
Fred the raccoon live in New York. A woman apparently
in Texas complained about seeing all these video pieces, like
how is this guy allowed to have these animals in

(01:30):
his home? So an anonymous complaint from a woman in
Texas and New York went all in. I mean, we're
talking the Department of Environment and Conservation, a criminal judge,
a prosecutor, sheriff's deputies, and a dozen New York armed
agents raided this house and took Peena away, and took

(01:50):
Fred away, and then euthanized them. Euthanized them for seven years. Nope,
they didn't bother anybody. Can this happen in the United
States of America? So TMZ was all over it and
they interviewed the owner, Mark and his wife is next
to him, she's just sobbing. Well, we have a little
bit of sound about just how devastated they are and

(02:11):
what this squirrel meant to so many people. Hannah, go ahead.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Again, Peanut was an indoor squirrel, not harming anybody. He's
been with us for seven years. Not a single complaint
was ever filed for this animal. We had him for
seven and a half years. He became the world's most
famous squirrel. We weren't hiding him by any means. He
was all over TikTok. He became the first scirl on
TikTok to ever hit a million followers. He did every

(02:36):
news station around the world. He's helped people, He's helped
kids gather joy. And then we started a nonprofit animal
rescue called Peanuts Freedom Farm to help animals like Peanut
fight a good fight when they're in a neglected case
or they're sitting in a slaughter auction.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
How does this happen, Mikayla? How is there no more
Peanut and Fred anymore?

Speaker 3 (02:59):
Well because of people who decided to complain And a
statement to The New York Post on Wednesday, the DEEC
said they were responding to complaints of.

Speaker 4 (03:10):
A rabies vector species that was in the home.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
And so my guess is that there's probably some law
on the books when it comes to species that carry
rabies in New York and people intentionally complained about this
squirrel that was a pet that wasn't a threat, but
happens to be a rabies carrying species.

Speaker 4 (03:34):
That's how this happened.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
So do you handle it differently than raiding the home,
grabbing the squirrel and the raccoon and euthanizing it. Can
you get raby shots? Can you take care of the issue?
Do you have to go to that extreme? And this
is New York? Don't you think there's other bigger issues
to deal with? Look at immigration in that state.

Speaker 3 (03:54):
I think you know, before the show came on, we were
talking about Peanut and man, yeah, he has like five
hundred well he had five hundred and thirty thousand followers
on Instagram.

Speaker 4 (04:03):
I'm seeing you know, we've seen they said he didn't
hide him. They didn't hid him.

Speaker 3 (04:08):
No, they didn't hide him. I mean he was very
he was a public figure. Peanut the squirrel was a
public figure.

Speaker 4 (04:13):
But you know the situations we've had with.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
Animals that you shouldn't have in the home in the
state of Ohio, and when it's become a big problem.
But Peanut is not like a lion or a tiger.
I would say, it's a squirrel. It's a squirrel. And
my dad, my dad grew up he had a pet
raccoon on the farm, a rabies carrying species.

Speaker 4 (04:35):
Was it a smart thing to do? I don't know,
but he had it.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
So that's what Trump put out a statement. He said,
New York authorities, under their terrible democratic governor, put more
effort into finding and eliminating a squirrel who was innocent
by all accounts, than they do to control the unchecked
illegal immigrants who have flooded into that state. And then
someone took it one step further. One of his supporters,
Trump supporters had Trump in this squirrel outfit, and they said,

(05:02):
if he does this, he'll win all forty eight states.
You know, he's worked at McDonald's. Now, he's he's driven
the garbage truck or roads, shotgun in it. All he
has to do now is put one of those muskrat
squirrel like, full fuzzy outfits on. He's in, I.

Speaker 4 (05:17):
Mean definitely with his peeps.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
He's in, and I think people are wondering, probably what
is the rule behind this.

Speaker 1 (05:24):
I think he'll really do that, But you have to
see this picture. It's just funny that someone that's amazing.

Speaker 4 (05:28):
Yeah, I mean that's amazing.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
So anyway, my heartbreaks for those people. I know how
I am, I am, but your pet, yeah, this score
was almost eight, you know, seven a half years together.
I don't get it. And I think, and I hope,
I don't.

Speaker 4 (05:39):
Know what's your cutoff for the type of pet in
a home.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
I don't have a cutoff.

Speaker 4 (05:44):
Well, like what about the Zanesville guy where I have
lions that you have that cut off? Right, So that's
your So that is your cut.

Speaker 1 (05:50):
So those were, you know, wild animals. But I don't
think they should be in cages either. I think that's
unkind to the animal.

Speaker 3 (05:58):
But you also don't think that they should have lions
and tigers on a lot. And bear right there at squirrel, Yeah,
I think.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
And like and like, he didn't hide it, and they
did this rescue organization and they brought places and just
brought joy. Don't we need a little more positivity and joy?
It's a damn squirrel, New York, come on. I think
that there may be litigation of this, though. I think
that you'll see how the shines out. But that's my
hot topic, of course, because that has to do with animals.

Speaker 3 (06:27):
So we care so much about very small things that
become substantial and and man, sometimes I wonder why people
can't just do what they want to do, and so
my hot topic has a little to do with that.

Speaker 4 (06:40):
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Speaker 1 (06:44):
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Speaker 3 (06:46):
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of American masculinity, right, and then they've become a surprising
political lightning rod. So they sold three hundred and fifty
cans of the product in the US last year. They
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Speaker 1 (07:09):
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Speaker 3 (07:12):
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Speaker 1 (07:23):
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Speaker 4 (07:27):
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Speaker 3 (07:31):
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speaking of peanut.

Speaker 4 (07:52):
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don't know why.

Speaker 3 (07:56):
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Speaker 4 (08:00):
Nicotine is in it. Tobacco is not.

Speaker 1 (08:03):
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Speaker 4 (08:04):
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