The lunacy in our country continues as the group PETA wants to have Punxsutawney Phil replaced by a robotic groundhog. The group seems to feel that exploiting the rodent should cease and that Phil needs to retire in style. In his place the group wants to have a robotic groundhog do the annual predictions on whether winter will continue for another six weeks or not.

One of the Hollywood blogs states that:

Gemma Vaughan, PETA’s animals in entertainment specialist (really) fired off a letter to Punxsutawney Groundhog Club president William Deeley this week, imploring the organization to forgo the use of real rodents in future Groundhog Days.

Deeley responded in a statement to the Associated Press that the world-famous groundhog is “being treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania.”

Furthermore, Phil’s treatment conforms to the standards of the state’s agriculture department, which visits him at the town’s Groundhog Museum annually.

These people need to find a real cause. I don’t think Phil is being mistreated and as stated is most likely being well taken care of. Plus it is a tradition. What next? Dump the 4th of July celebrations because the powder used in fireworks pollutes the air?

Get real people. Go out and save those poor people in Haiti and leave the groundhog alone!

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