A martyr to many during the election, pet rodent had tested negative for rabies this week, sparking renewed anger over his death.

Image via Instagram The fallout around the deaths of Peanut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon took a dramatic twist. It turns out both animals were marked for death by New York officials from the start.

Its difficult to fathom why a United States government agency would involve themselves in the search, confiscation, capture, and killing of an innocent pet squirrel and raccoon, but thats exactly what happened on October 30th when the Department of Environmental Conservation raided the family home of Mark Longo and his wife Daniela,