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.

Ten New York State Department of Environmental Conservation offices were hit with bomb threats Monday as outrage over the killing of internet sensation P’nut the squirrel boiled over. The DEC offices from Tarrytown to Buffalo faced bomb scares tied to the controversial decision to euthanize P’nut after the agency raided the property of the furry creature’s owner in Elmira last week,