State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) employees were advised to work from home Monday and Tuesday as police investigated bomb threats directed at multiple DEC offices across New York. The threats emerged after DEC seized and euthanized Peanut, an Instagram-famous squirrel, from a Chemung County animal rescue last week.

Peanut the squirrel is no more and neither is his fur brother Fred the raccoon. NY officials have termed their deaths 'euthanasia' but nobody really agrees

It has not been announced that the bomb threats correlate with the seizure and euthanasia of Peanut the Squirrel.

The owners of Peanut the Squirrel have spoken out after the pet was seized and euthanized by authorities. Mark and Daniela Longo suspect someone jealous of their success may have called the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to have the animal removed from their sanctuary.

Bomb threats have been made to eight DEC facilities across the state of New York following the death of Peanut the Squirrel.

Mark Longo, who called Peanut the Squirrel his pet for this past seven years, described the New York's decision to seize and euthanize the wild animal turned social media star a "disgrace." "What happened today and what transpired throughout this week has been nothing short of a tragedy and a disgrace to the New York state,