The controversy over Peanut, the pet squirrel and social media sensation seized by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and euthanized last week, has raised questions about who can and should handle wildlife in New York.

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

Here are a few of the challenges and potential risk, including euthanasia, of keeping wild animals in a domestic home.

A man who took in an orphaned squirrel and made it a social media star vowed Saturday that New York state’s decision to seize and euthanize the animal “won’t go unheard.”

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,

Two animals, Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon, were euthanized after being confiscated from a New York home by officials last week.