Bubblegum Bitch 18,934 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling on the keepers of the weather-forecasting groundhog to let him retire -- and to be replaced by an animatronic groundhog. PETA wrote in a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club on Monday that it was time for the beloved tradition to change. Every February 2, Phil gets dragged out of his hole and held up to flashing lights and crowds in what is a highly stressful experience for him, PETA said. And his current accommodations don't allow him to dig, burrow or forage like non-famous groundhogs naturally do. "It's no kind of life for these animals," PETA president Ingrid Newkirk wrote. Source + Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/28/us/peta-punxsutawney-phil-ai-groundhog-trnd/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 "Today's young people are born into a world of terabytes, and to them, watching a nocturnal rodent being pulled from a fake hole isn't even worthy of a text message" Cackling. Accurate. Ready for people here to **** all over PETA, but I support them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,870 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 when they take you out of your bed and hold you in front of blinding lights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyVida 5,958 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I live near Punxsy and I always thought he was a puppet lmao EDIT: inb4 PETA claims that Gus the groundhog (he's animated) is also held captive currently streaming Zombieboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUtterfield 8 41,816 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I mean they’re not wrong leave that critter alone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalon x 4,195 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Punxa-.. Punksa-.. WHAT IS THAT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan 20,827 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, weed said: when they take you out of your bed and hold you in front of blinding lights I will murder everyone you love Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaLa 19,898 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 We have one in Ontario too (Wiarton Willie ) and when I was a kid he died 2 days before Groundhog Day and they didn't have a replacement, so they brought him out in a coffin for the ceremony I would be totally fine stopping this tradition with a live animal, time for a robot groundhog or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzGa 14,652 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Generally PETA gets my ridicule but I have to agree here... the Groundhog Day tradition makes no sense in 2020. Everyone knows it has nothing to do with the weather... hell, he can't even see the actual sun. The lighting in the studio is the same every year. It's really pointless. My old cat is a tough man, but i cant deny the way he bites my hand and he stabs me, he grabs me by my heart <3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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