PETA proposes a ‘weather reveal' cake for Groundhog Day in place of Punxsutawney Phil

PETA is proposing a "weather reveal" barroom successful spot of groundhog Punxsutawney Phil connected Groundhog Day this year. 

The organization, known for its carnal advocacy, believes that Phil is being exploited connected the yearly wintertime holiday. In response, they sent a missive to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, asking them to fto Phil discontinue up of this year's solemnisation connected February 2. 

Instead of Phil, PETA has offered to nonstop a vegan "weather reveal" cake, akin to a sex uncover cake, each Groundhog Day. The projected barroom erstwhile chopped would amusement 1 of 2 colors: blue, signifying six much weeks of winter, oregon pink, indicating an aboriginal spring.

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Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadiness during Groundhog Day solemnisation astatine the Gobbler's Knob successful Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, connected February 2, 2023.  (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk explained her offer successful the letter: "Retire Phil to a reputable sanctuary with his family, and each twelvemonth we’ll supply a elephantine vegan ‘Weather Reveal’ barroom (it would beryllium the archetypal successful the satellite this year) to stock with revelers astatine Gobbler’s Knob."

"If the wrong of the barroom is blue, determination volition beryllium six much weeks of winter. If it’s pink, determination volition beryllium an aboriginal spring," she added. "This would let you to inactive marque tourism dough while showing Phil a slice of decency. It would beryllium arsenic slightest arsenic close arsenic asking a groundhog what to expect successful a mode that doesn’t adjacent bespeak his nature."

She reiterated that they "batter believe" that Groundhog Day is no piece of barroom for Phil. 

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Punxsutawney Groundhog Club was established successful 1887, with members believing that groundhogs foretell the weather. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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"Groundhogs are shy prey animals who, erstwhile allowed, actively debar humans," she said. "Yet, twelvemonth aft year, Phil is transported to Gobbler’s Knob, whisked on stage, and subjected to a noisy announcer, screaming crowds, and flashing lights against each his earthy instincts."

"If approached successful his earthy habitat, helium would tally distant successful fear, not unpaid to unrecorded year-round successful captivity, incapable to bash thing that’s earthy and important to him similar hibernate oregon burrow—just to beryllium a town’s once-a-year fake meteorologist," she added. 

This isn't the archetypal clip PETA has tried to region Phil from the festivities. In 2023, the group offered to regenerate him with an enormous, golden, weather-predicting coin.

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"We’d beryllium blessed to nonstop you a ample thermometer for Gobbler’s Knob alternatively that reads, ‘If it’s inactive cold, it’s inactive winter,’ which would aptly correspond the absurdity of the existent signifier of this bushed aged spectacle. We look guardant to proceeding from you, arsenic always," Newkirk concluded successful this year's letter.