A Patterson man was arrested Monday for allegedly trapping squirrels and spray-painting them red, according to the Putnam County SPCA. The SPCA said the county's probation department notified the ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A Putnam County man was ticketed after allegedly trapping and painting squirrels red to “keep track of those returning to his yard and causing his dogs to bark.” ...

Sightings of bright red, painted squirrels started in Putnam County, New York, in late 2023, per the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Courtesy of New York State Department of ...

PATTERSON — Seldom is the phrase “caught red-handed” meant literally. But it’s probably even less common to find a person spraying squirrels with Apple Red Rust-Oleum Paint + Primer. On Jan. 13, a ...

The sudden appearance of bright red squirrels in one New York town led investigators to discover they were being intentionally painted and released into the wild, according to investigators. One man ...

A Putnam County man has been caught “red handed” for allegedly painting squirrels to track them. The state Department of Environmental Conservation investigated a complaint in December by the Putnam ...