Exclusive | P'Nut the Squirrel's owners want $10M from NY for animal's execution

The brutal seizure and execution of the world’s most famous squirrel threatens to cost the State of New York a staggering eight-figure settlement.

Mark Longo and Daniela Bittner, the grieving owners of P’Nut and his raccoon sidekick, Fred, are seeking $10 million in damages for the death of their pets at the hands of investigators, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in New York Court of Claims.

A swarm of cops and agents from the state Environmental Conservation and Health departments descended on the couple’s upstate Pine City animal sanctuary Oct. 30, where the animals were living inside Longo and Bittner’s home. 3

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It is illegal to keep squirrels and raccoons as pets in New York, where they’re considered wild animals.

DEC officials claimed that P’Nut bit an agent thro