Like it isn’t hard enough for a groundhog to find a job in
this economy. Now PETA wants the country’s (if not the world’s) most famous
representative of that strain of rodent replaced by a robot. The People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals issued a statement to coincide with Groundhog’s
Day asking that Punxsutawney Phil be replaced by an animatronic groundhog for
future celebrations.
The group took issue with Phil’s captivity and the huge
crowds he’s carted out in front of each February 2nd. The president
of the
Groundhog Club, William Deeley, suggested that PETA is just looking for
attention, adding that Phil is, “being treated better than the average child in
Maybe this is a case for child services, after all.
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