The Holyoke Police Department and a Good Samaritan assisted with the raccoon rescue in Holyoke, Mass. A police department in ...

is designed to prevent a repeat of the tragic end to the viral social media sensation Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon, who were seized by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation ...

Last fall, the state DEC seized Peanut and a rescue raccoon, and the two animals were later euthanized for rabies testing. News of Peanut's death sparked public outrage and national headlines ...