Given Punxsutawney Phil's questionable track record of accurately predicting the weather, PETA figures that flipping a coin couldn't be any worse.. Heck, even a coin toss would be right half the ...

The robots are coming for Punxsutawney Phil’s job, too. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling on the keepers of the weather-forecasting groundhog to let him retire – and to be ...

PETA has written a letter to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, asking the group to retire the rodent this year in favor of a giant coin; This is not the first year that the organization has sought ...

PETA suggests the club send Phil off to “a reputable animal sanctuary” and replace him with an animatronic groundhog robot armed with artificial intelligence.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) — PETA has sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club urging them to retire Phil and another groundhog to a sanctuary, and start using an animatronic groundhog ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro defended Punxsutawney Phil against overtures from PETA to retire the rodent, as Groundhog Day is more than a holiday in the Keystone State.

Traditions evolve. It’s long overdue for Phil to be retired,” wrote Ingrid Newkirk, president and founder of PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, in a letter to Phil’s handlers.

PETA wants to use a "weather reveal" cake instead of Punxsutawney Phil. In January 2025, PETA sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, offering to supply the club with a unique "weather ...

In a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club president Tom Dunkel, PETA president Ingrid Newkirk offered to send a ‘Giant Gold Coin’ to replace Punxsutawney Phil’s role on Groundhog Day.

Animal-rights group PETA has called for Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced with an animatronic groundhog that uses AI to predict the weather. As immortalized in the film Groundhog Day, each year ...