Two days after he was seized from his home in New York, Peanut the Squirrel has been euthanized. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Chemung County Department of Health announced through a statement on Friday afternoon that both a squirrel and raccoon were confiscated from a residence on Wednesday had been euthanized to test for rabies.

Mark posted adorable videos of Peanut featuring him wearing a tiny cowboy hat, jumping through a hula hoop, riding around in the pocket of Mark's pants, and enjoying a waffle. Mark also had a raccoon named Fred,