The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a letter last week to the organizers of America’s largest Groundhog Day event in Pennsylvania, urging them to retire ...

PETA's proposal for a Groundhog Day cake On January 21, PETA-along with its president, Ingrid Newkirk-issued a statement detailing why it wants to swap Phil the Groundhog with a cake.

Winter ends on Spring Equinox, which falls this year on Thursday, March 20. The equinox occurs when the sun is directly above the equator, resulting in nearly equal daylight and night hours.

PETA believes that Phil is being exploited every year, so in exchange, they'll send a "weather reveal" cake each Groundhog Day -- similar to a gender reveal cake. The proposed cake will be cut to ...

However, PETA -- the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- wants to cancel Groundhog Day. Instead, they'd like to replace Pennsylvania's treasured Punxsutawney Phil tradition with a ...

The cake would be a weather reveal; an ode to gender reveals PETA is urging Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to remove Punxsutawney Phil from his Groundhog Day duties. The animal activist organization ...

PETA is proposing a "weather reveal" cake in place of groundhog Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day this year. The organization, known for its animal advocacy, believes that Phil is being exploited ...

AMERICA’S famous groundhog has spoken in front of a raucous, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob. Groundhog Day’s Punxsutawney Phil predicted there will be six more weeks of ...

Ahead of the prediction today, Peta opposed the exploitation of Phil ... they’re gonna have to come through me and all of you am I right." Groundhog Day originates in the Feb. 2 holiday of ...

In a letter to Dunkel, PETA offered to deliver a vegan cake to Punxsutawney Phil's home of Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania each Groundhog Day, indefinitely. That's if Dunkel agrees to the let the ...