ABC NEWS · 2026-11-11 22:30 UTC

Peanut the squirrel's former owner has been detained by ICE and could be deported

Daniela Bittner, whose pet squirrel Peanut was euthanized by New York wildlife officers two years ago, was arrested by immigration officers in mid-October at a small airport near New York's border with Pennsylvania. DHS said she was arrested because she 'chose to overstay her welcome in defiance of our nation's laws'; her husband Mark Longo says a paperwork mistake on an immigration form caused the problem. Bittner has been moved through several immigration lockups and is now held in Texas, pending possible deportation to Germany; Longo says he will have to shut down their animal sanctuary…

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