Pup has seen hundreds of dogs adopted before him in Ohio. ‘It's wearing him down'
Calmer, smarter and softer, the 1-year-old dog has thrived following his difficulties in the early stages of his life when he was discovered 'dragging a heavy chain.'
But after months in the shelter, the German shepherd/Labrador retriever mix has remained in his kennel as hundreds of other dogs have been adopted before him.
'And he's out of time,' the shelter said in a July 7 post on Facebook. 'Shelter shock is real, and it's wearing him down.'
Described as a 'goofball' and an 'absolute charmer,' Sasquatch would do well in a home with other friendly dogs.
Cats — not so much. And with as excited as Sasquatch gets, he may knock over small children.
'Sorry, kids — Sasquatch is just living his best life,' the shelter said in April.
But he still has plenty to offer, including his smarts and manners he has learned at the shelter. Plus, he's 'neutered, vaccinated, heartworm tested, dewormed, fully vetted, leash-trained and putting in serious effort to be a good boy,' according to the shelter.
Just as long as you can handle him still being 'a little extra.'
'Let's find Sasquatch a home where he can learn to play and chill, without the wild jumping and accidental knocking over of everything in sight,' the shelter said.
For more information on how to adopt Sasquatch, visit the shelter's website at bchsohio.org.
The Brown County Humane Society is in Georgetown, about a 40-mile drive southeast from Cincinnati.
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How Greece and Germany helped make archeology modern
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Advertisement 11 Archaeological Site of Olympia in Greece, excavated by the Germans in 1875 in what is regarded as the first 'dig' to employ the rigorous academic and scientific practices now used in archeology across the globe. dudlajzov – 11 The ruins of Ancient Olympia. elgreko – 11 The headquarters of the DAI Athens, the German-run archeological institute which helped establish modern archeology. DAI Athens, Photographer H. Birk Until the mid-19th century, archeology was often more about treasure hunting and indiscriminate looting than detailed research and science. Advertisement Take Lord Elgin's controversial removal of sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens, between 1801 and 1812. Although Elgin claimed to have obtained permission from Ottoman authorities — a claim recently refuted by the Turkish government — his sale of the sculptures to the British Museum remains a major cultural and diplomatic dispute between Greece and Britain. Many view Elgin's deeds as one of the most notorious colonial-era lootings, alongside famous antiquities brought to museums around the world like the Rosetta Stone. 11 'Greece's allure was such that many countries fought to establish archaeological institutes at the time. Today, there are 20 foreign institutes based in Athens,' says DAI Director Katja Sporn. DAI Athens, Photographer N. Chrisikakis Advertisement Even Luigi Palma di Cesnola, the first director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, was accused of looting classical treasures from Cyprus, where he served as US Consul General in the mid-1860s. Many of the artifacts di Cesnola was said to have plundered were sold, ironically, to the Met itself. During this period, Greece, newly independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1830, was rich in history but in economic decline owing to decades of war. But it was finally possible for the philhellenists (lovers of Greek culture) to travel to Greece and study its ancient remains. In the later part of the 19th century, Greece's ancient ruins also became magnets for the era's great expansionist powers like the United Kingdom and France. Their ultimate goal? Securing rights to excavate Greece's most coveted archaeological sites while bolstering diplomatic ties through what we now call 'cultural diplomacy.' 11 Luigi Palma Di Cesnola, the first director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, who was accused of looting ancient relics from Cyprus. Getty Images Advertisement Germany was just one of the many countries aspiring to gain excavation rights in Greece. 'The oldest foreign archaeological institute in Athens is the French School of Athens, founded in 1846,' explains Katja Sporn, director of the DAI Athens. 'But Greece's allure was such that many countries fought to establish archaeological institutes at the time. Today, there are 20 foreign institutes based in Athens.' The DAI Athens was founded in 1874, just three years after German unification, during a period of growing German nationalism. Part of the German Archaeological Institute based in Berlin, the DAI Athens' creation reflected the importance of Greek history to Kaiser Wilhelm I and the close political ties between Germany and Greece, whose first king, Otto, hailed from a Bavarian royal family. Many Germans at the time saw parallels between Greece's struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire and their own aspirations for national unification. In the same year the DAI Athens was founded, Sporn explains, the 'DAI became subordinate to Germany's Foreign Office 'as a permanent base for internationally active research.' 11 While the Germans were successful in securing and excavating Olympia, their French institutional counterparts were able to excavate Delphi (above). 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Spritzer Director of Archives at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), agrees. 'Dörpfeld's techniques were taught to archaeologists from Germany, Britain, France and the United States, who then applied and passed them on worldwide,' she says. Advertisement 11 A map of where the discoveries were made. Toni Misthos/NY Post Design This shift — from looting the ancient world to rigorous excavation and research — became the gold standard, paving the way for discoveries such as the tomb of King Tutankhamen by Howard Carter in 1922 and inspiring the swashbuckling tales of Indiana Jones. Some 150 years ago, in 1875, the German Kaiserreich began excavating the ancient sanctuary of Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games — and the place from which the Olympic torch is now lit 100 days before the start of the modern Olympics every four years. 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An interdisciplinary team, including archaeologists, architects, historians and conservators, ensured a holistic approach to the study of the site and created a global model for archaeological collaborations that remains the gold standard to this day. Starting from the old excavations in Olympia, the DAI Athens sought to preserve the fragile remnants of Olympia's past by systematically recording findings and by publishing results in a series of reports. The approach facilitated scholarly research across Europe, shaped future standards for transparency and data-sharing and established archaeology as a rigorous academic discipline. Advertisement 11 Wilhelm Dörpfeld, the fourth DAI Athens director, who pioneered stratigraphic excavation and both archaeological and architectural documentation methods. Archive of the City of Wuppertal, photographer anonymous Crucially, the collaboration with the Greek state ensured that artifacts remained in Greece rather than being shipped off to a museum or private collection abroad, as was common practice at the time. This led to the creation of a dedicated museum at Olympia financed by a Greek patron as early as 1886 — the first on-site museum in the Mediterranean — where the site's most important finds could be studied and displayed in their original cultural context. Today, museums aligned with excavation sites have become common across the globe. Ultimately, the dig established 'responsible excavation' standards and early conservation techniques that remain in practice to this day. Back then, Olympia's success sparked fierce competition among nations vying for other important Greek sites. 'A rivalry developed between Germany, France and the United States over the most significant excavations,' says Vogeikoff-Brogan. Advertisement They became a battle for prestige among great powers, fueling political alliances between Greece and other countries. For the first time, economic considerations, like trade, would be factored in by Greece to determine who would get the rights to dig the most coveted archaeological sites. Archaeology became an expression not just of Greek national culture — but its newly emerging political might. 11 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaking at the 150th Anniversary celebrations of the DAI Athens. Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung/ Guido Bergmann The French secured Delphi, aided by trade negotiations involving, of all things, Zante currants, while the Americans started excavations in Corinth and eventually the Agora in Athens, leveraging political alliances and personal relationships. 'Social capital and political connections were just as important as archaeological merit in these decisions,' Vogeikoff-Brogan adds. The positive relationship between the Greek state, its people and the DAI Athens faced a severe setback during WWII. The institute's ties to Nazi Germany through its director being leader of the German Nazi party in Greece deeply damaged its standing in the country — underscoring the entanglement between DAI Athens and Germany's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 'After WWII, it took time for the DAI Athens to regain the trust of the Greek community and reopen,' Sporn explains. The war left lasting scars, and Greeks remained wary of German institutions due to the atrocities committed during the occupation. 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USA Today
2 days ago
- USA Today
Euthanasia or execution? Lawsuit says Peanut the squirrel shouldn't be dead.
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Longo agrees and in June 2025 filed a lawsuit claiming his rights, and his wife Daniela Bittner's rights, had been violated. "Filing these lawsuits will allow us to create a movement," Longo told USA TODAY. "This was a heinous act by an overpowering government who overreached." Meanwhile, a trove of documents about the investigation paints a picture of state authorities facing mounting concerns and complaints about Longo's animals, especially after Fred the raccoon joined the pack, that culminated in the dramatic raid. Months after Peanut and Fred's fate sparked public backlash, acting DEC Commissioner Amanda Lefton released a statement acknowledging the agency could have handled the situation better, and saying it is reviewing all of its wildlife protection and enforcement protocols. A spokesperson for the DEC, Lori Severino, said the agency does not comment on pending litigation. Representatives for Chemung County and the city of Elmira, also named in the June lawsuit, did not immediately return a request for comment. What happened to Peanut and Fred Peanut and Fred were both taken from Longo's home on Oct. 30 after the county's health department and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation said in a statement at the time they had received reports about "potentially unsafe housing of wildlife that could carry rabies and the illegal keeping of wildlife as pets." According to Longo, nine conservation officers went to his home and spent about five hours "ransacking" it. He added that he and his wife were detained during the search, his wife's immigration status was questioned, and the home was checked for cameras. (Longo's wife Daniela is a German immigrant.) 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We hope that Peanut's and Fred's deaths will not have been in vain," said Nora Constance Marino, the attorney representing Longo and Bittner. The suit says the DEC officers acted outside the scope of a warrant that authorized the search of the home and seizure of the animals but not their euthanasia, and in doing so violated the couple's right to due process. It also says the killing of Peanut and Fred also economically harmed Longo and Bittner and their animal sanctuary. They received donations and generated revenue thanks to the social media popularity of the animals. "Peanut and Fred were executed by the defendants, not euthanized," the suit says. The filing claims that the agency inflicted intentional emotional distress on Longo and Bittner, made worse by its refusal to return Peanut and Fred's remains to them. But Longo said his aim with the lawsuit is accountability, not revenge. "I do have a lot of fight. It's fight and grief, and it's hard to grieve when you know you're being challenged on so many levels. But the outcome needs to be a positive one, and I don't want to sit here and be the victim anymore." Documents reveal steps leading up to raid Documents, released earlier in 2025, revealed that Peanut was on DEC's radar since at least early 2024. In the days leading up to the seizure on Oct. 30, however, complaints came in to the department that a raccoon was now being kept and expressed concern about its living conditions. Fred, the raccoon, was located by authorities at the home in a closet in a piece of luggage, the reports show. Peanut was found in a bathroom. The complaints came from people who said they watched Longo's videos on TikTok and said they thought Longo was using the animals for fame without regard for their welfare. An officer said in the reports that officers watched Longo's videos on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. One officer also drove by Longo's property in the days leading up to the seizure and photographed it from the street. "DEC Wildlife staff continued to receive several new citizen complaints regarding captive raccoons during October 2024, which led to the decision for the case to be handled via application of a search warrant to obtain the alleged captive raccoons," the documents say. The documents paint an unclear picture of authorities' intentions with the raid. One analysis found evidence that euthanasia was the plan all along, not just a response to the reported bite from the squirrel, the Elmira Star-Gazette, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported. But the documents also show that officials had done extensive research to find a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for a squirrel. 'I cry almost every day' Longo said he didn't have to think twice about lying to authorities in an attempt to protect Peanut and Fred. When authorities came to his house on Oct. 30, records show that Longo told them he had no wild animals in the home, and that Peanut had been taken to Connecticut. Later, he pleaded with the officers not to take them. "As an animal lover, you love your animal, and you do whatever it takes to protect them," Longo said. Since that day, Longo said it's been difficult to live in his house, which brings back memories of Peanut and Fred's lives, and the experience of having them seized. He's also changed his opinion of law enforcement, whom he used to trust. "They destroyed my family," he said. "I cry almost every day knowing that that portion of my life and that chapter is closed." In April, Longo traveled to the state capital in Albany to advocate for Peanut's Law, a measure backed by lawmakers and animal welfare advocates that would establish a waiting period before animals seized from sanctuaries are euthanized and require a hearing and other due process standards, unless there's proof the animal poses a safety threat. "I want to make sure that these two animals didn't die in vain, and that the world understands that things need to be changed and improved," he said. Longo has also been focused on the hundreds of animals he keeps on his over 300-acre property, home to P'Nuts Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary. Rescues there include horses, goats, pigs, donkeys, alpacas, sheep and more. "I have to continue to keep the legacy of Peanut and Fred alive by going out and doing our part to help more and more animals," Longo said. Contributing: Jeff Murray, Elmira Star-Gazette; Greta Cross USA TODAY
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
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