Peanut the Squirrel's euthanisation sparked outcry in the days leading up to Election Day, which saw Donald Trump win by a landslide. Mark Longo, the heartbroken owner of the rescue squirrel, believes that its death “played a part” in the president-elect's victory. Revealing why he chose not to vote on Tuesday, he explained to the outlet that he is “not …
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BERLIN — Firefighters say they have freed an “uncooperative” squirrel that was stuck in a manhole cover in western Germany — echoing a similar incident that happened in the same city four years ago. The Dortmund fire department said it was alerted to a distressed red squirrel by a pedestrian Monday afternoon, after she spotted its head peering out of …
Paula Perry has a multi-page spreadsheet titled “Squirrels”, which details the health and wellness of tiny, injured baby squirrels she keeps in her house. “They’re tiny little helpless things, and they’ll die,” says Perry, 62, who, appropriately, is known around her neighbourhood as “the squirrel lady”. “I could tell he was seriously injured,” says Perry, who named the squirrel “Wockey” …
In today’s edition of animal rescue, here’s a tale of how firefighters rescued a squirrel which got its head stuck in a tree. “Whether squirrels have a “reverse” gear remains a mystery, but said squirrel had found himself with his front half stuck inside the interior of the tree while his back half remained unprotected,” they added. “Now, we’ve gotten …