Outraged students at Kimbrough Middle School begged an officer not to pepper spray a baby squirrel in a video that was uploaded to YouTube this week.

“No!” they shouted. “Don’t spray him!”

“I’m going to cry!”

“Sgt. Wes Talley said the officer stood between a group of students and the animal because he thought it may have been rabid,” myfoxny.com reported.

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It wasn’t clear why the students weren’t just moved away from the squirrel.

The animal was taken to a shelter and later released.

Watch this video, uploaded to YouTube April 6, 2011.