Punxsutanwney Phil: Looking for Employment Too

     Will Phil be just another statistic and join the ranks of the unemployed?  Who will take care of his family and how will he feed his kids? Phil will have to stay awake for the entire year and beg, just like the squirrels, for scraps of bread and week old apples.  Damn you PETA!


PUNXSUTAWNEY — 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.