This story has been updated to include newly-acquired information from the New York State Police about the number of bomb threats reported by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, in addition to the bomb threat locations.

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.”

The plight of an Instagram-famous pet squirrel that was euthanised by New York wildlife officials has become a campaign talking point two days before the US presidential election. Donald Trump's running mate,