Governor Josh Shapiro isn’t on board with PETA’s latest push to retire Punxsutawney Phil, writes Mike Snider and Amiras Encinas for USA Today. The animal rights group proposed replacing the famous ...

Every year, however, Phil is subjected to appear on national television and be handled by thousands of humans, for solely amusement and entertainment purposes. Last year, PETA begged the Groundhog ...

Their latest quest involves trying to free the self-avowed weather prognosticator and main character of Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil. Here are excerpts of a letter from PETA to Phil’s ...

Their solution? Replace Phil with an AI-powered animatronic groundhog, a weather-reveal cake, whatever that is, or a simple coin flip. I told Thurber about PETA’s thoughts — being from Punxy ...

Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow today when he emerged from his den in western Pennsylvania. Ahead of the prediction today, Peta opposed the ...

Groundhog Day's Punxsutawney Phil predicted there will be six more weeks of winter this year after spotting his shadow. One of Phil's top-hatted handlers, speaking on his behalf, said ...

One of Phil's top-hatted handlers, speaking on his behalf, said: "It's groundhog day, and maybe life is on a loop. But I miss my burrow and I miss my coop. "So I'm headed back down, there's a ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has a message for PETA, Punxsutawney Phil isn't going anywhere. Shapiro once again made an appearance at Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney Sunday. Prior to the beloved ...

Prior to the beloved groundhog's winter prediction, he addressed PETA's want to replace Phil with a vegan cake. "I don't know if you heard about this, but there are some folks who are coming for ...