Peanut, who has amassed more than half a million Instagram followers, was euthanized by officials to be tested for rabies.

Peanut, the Instagram-famous squirrel that was seized from its owner’s home Wednesday, has been euthanized by New York state officials.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation took Peanut, as well as a raccoon named Fred, on Wednesday after the agency learned the animals were “sharing a residence with humans, creating the potential for human exposure to rabies," it said in a joint statement with the Chemung County Department of Health.

Both Peanut and Fred were euthanized to test for rabies, the statement said. It was unclear when the animals were euthanized.

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    22 days ago

    All these mistakes grind my gears, but this one is especially bad. Some of them make sense because of the way the word is pronounced.

    Who is out there saying costumers instead of customers? Nobody says it like that.

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      22 days ago

      Autocorrect says it like that, and it’s an easy one to miss if you aren’t paying close attention.