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Peta are being dicks about groundhog day
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.—An animal rights group wants organizers of Pennsylvania's Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights that accompany tens of thousands of revelers each Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, a tiny borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. PETA is suggesting the use of an animatronic model.
But William Deeley, president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, says the animal is "being treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania." The groundhog is kept in a climate-controlled environment and is inspected annually by the state Department of Agriculture.
Deeley says PETA isn't interested in Phil from Feb. 2 on, and is looking for publicity.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights that accompany tens of thousands of revelers each Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, a tiny borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. PETA is suggesting the use of an animatronic model.
But William Deeley, president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, says the animal is "being treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania." The groundhog is kept in a climate-controlled environment and is inspected annually by the state Department of Agriculture.
Deeley says PETA isn't interested in Phil from Feb. 2 on, and is looking for publicity.
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the humane society and ASPCA are better organizations imo
they deal with stopping animal cruelty instead of trying to convert everyone to be vegetarian
id love to be vegetarian but i dont think i cant fully cut chicken/turkey out of my diet
but im proud of myself that i went for months without eating red meat and still going
my friend shelly started going vegan about two years ago and shes perfectly healthy
obv she lost weight but shes taking all the right supplements so shes doing really well
my friend shelly started going vegan about two years ago and shes perfectly healthy
obv she lost weight but shes taking all the right supplements so shes doing really well
see thats what i dont understand if you have to take supplements or vitamins to stay healthy is that not telling you we are soppose to eat meat, our bodies are designed to eat meat
(I sure can)