Image via Instagram New York officials are standing beside their decision to euthanize both Peanut The Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon after seizing them. Results showed that neither animal had rabies after testing.

Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss confirmed that the rabies results for Peanut and Fred came back negative.

Peanut the Squirrel, a beloved pet who was an internet sensation before being euthanized by New York officials was earmarked to be killed a week before officials say it bit a person during a raid.

Peanut the squirrel, the Instagram-famous rodent whose killing by New York State environmental officers became a brief election flashpoint, did not have rabies after all, officials have said.

P’nut, an Instagram-famous squirrel that was seized and euthanized by New York state and entered the political fray before the election, was negative for rabies, state officials said Tuesday. The squirrel’s owner,

Peanut, a social media star pet squirrel seized and euthanized by authorities in New York, has tested negative for rabies.