Last year, New York state authorities seized and euthanized an Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut and a raccoon named Fred. In New York, it’s illegal to keep animals like squirrels and raccoons as ...

They are fluffy, have cute little hands and resemble friendly bandits, but are racoons legal to own in California? This question comes up every time a toddler birthday comes around, or a video goes ...

House Bill 251 would allow raccoons and gray squirrels to be kept as pets without a permit under certain circumstances. (Photo by Cappi Thompson/Getty Images) A state agency’s seizure and euthanasia ...

"The DEC made the devastating decision to euthanize our beloved Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon," said Longo in a statement on Nov. 1 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She ...

Handwritten cards, trinkets and paintings bearing chipper squirrels and raccoons fill the floor of a bedroom in Mark Longo's New York home. The case kicked off a national outcry as Longo has been ...

A squirrel and a raccoon were caught on camera risking their lives as they incautiously engaged with a huge alligator in the Florida swamps. In a post shared on TikTok in March by a local, under the ...

Rep. James Spillane, R-Deerfield, introduced a bill to allow the ownership of some squirrels and raccoons in New Hampshire. Spillane wants to prevent another situation like one in New York, where ...