On November 4, 2024, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in New Paltz received a bomb threat via email.The threat was reported to

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

Mark Longo, the owner of Peanut the Squirrel, has responded to rumors he used the tragic death of the animal to promote his OnlyFans account. Longo – the Pine City, New York, native who turned an orphan squirrel into a social media sensation – denied the accusations he was capitalizing on the animal’s recent euthanization in an interview with TMZ.