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PETA Declares War on Groundhog Day

PETA has declared war on Groundhog Day. Watch the Todd Starnes Show live below.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling on the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to retired America’s favorite yellow-bellied marmot – known affectionately as Punxsutawney Phil.

PETA wants Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced by a vegan weather reveal cake.

“When allowed to be themselves, groundhogs avoid humans, create intricate networks of underground burrows, communicate with one another, and even climb trees, but poor Phil is denied all of that for a tired old gimmick,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement. “PETA is urging The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to sprinkle some happiness into Phil’s life by retiring him and giving Groundhog Day a much-needed ‘cake makeover.’”

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Posted Jan 31, 2025
PETA has declared war on Groundhog Day. The activists want to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a vegan “weather reveal” cake. Good idea?
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For the past 138 years the good people of Gobblers Knob have assembled before sunrise, wearing top hats and coats, to see if there will be six more weeks of winter.

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PETA says all the noise, crowds and flashing lights are dangerous for the groundhog. They also point out that Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t have a license to practice meteorology.

“Phil is transported to Gobbler’s Knob, whisked on stage, and subjected to a noisy announcer, screaming crowds, and flashing lights against all his natural instincts,” reads Newkirk’s letter to Dunkel. “If approached in his natural habitat, he would run away in fear, not volunteer to live year-round in captivity, unable to do anything that’s natural and important to him like hibernate or burrow − just to be a town’s once-a-year fake meteorologist.

I’m just not sure replacing Phil with a cake is going to cut it. The Groundhog club has yet to respond to PETA – but I doubt they will agree to retire Phil.

I’m not so sure the American people will want to replaced Groundhog Day with Vegan Cake Day. Listen to my daily podcast below and click here to get my free app so you can listen to conservative talk radio 24-7.


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