The Groundhog Day festival in west central Pennsylvania began in1887. Now PETA wants to change it all by replacing the star of the show with a mechanical groundhog.
William Deeley, president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, says the animal is "being treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania."
The groundhog is kept in a climate-controlled environment and is inspected annually by the state Department of Agriculture.
Deeley says PETA isn't interested in Phil from Feb. 2 on, and is looking for publicity.
Maybe PETA should go back to harassing KFC in Louisville, Kentucky by parading old hearses with chickens painted on the sides or picketing the Hormel meat processing plant in Austin, Minnesota. Better still maybe they should just get real jobs, and contribute to society.
If we are a bit hard on PETA, maybe it’s because we’re cranky after Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction. He saw his shadow and according to the tradition we can expect six more weeks of winter.
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