Squirrels, whales, bears: why is the road to the White House strewn with dead animals?
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The death of Peanut, an Instagram-famous squirrel that was euthanized after being seized from its New York home last week, has become an unlikely election motivation for Republicans in just the latest of a string of bizarre animal-related incidents that have marked this presidential election campaign.
Outrage over Peanut’s death last week at the hands of New York wildlife officials has boiled over in conservative circles, with JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, saying that Donald Trump is “fired up” about the incident and that “Democrats murdered the Elon Musk of squirrels”.
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