What was supposed to be a routine day at a Pine City animal sanctuary ended with the bloody deaths of two pet animals — and now the State of New York might be on the hook for $10 million in damages.
Mark Longo and Daniela Bittner have filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit following the October 2024 state-led raid that resulted in the controversial seizure and killing of their widely known pet squirrel, P’Nut, and a raccoon named Fred, as the New York Post reports.
According to court documents, Longo and Bittner filed the $10 million claim last week in the New York Court of Claims, alleging that state authorities unjustifiably entered their home and executed the two animals during a raid on their private wildlife sanctuary. The incident occurred on Oct. 30, 2024, when agents from both the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Health arrived unannounced…