PETA: Electronic Groundhog

This is so lame.

Prior to Groundhog Day, PETA suggested that Punxsutawney Phil be freed from his toil and replaced with an electronic groundhog.

From PETA:

With Groundhog Day just a week away, I've got a Bill Murray movie on my mind—but the classic Groundhog Day isn't it. No, I'm thinking of Caddyshack—and the scene-stealing Mr. Gopher—and hoping that the folks in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, take a cue from the humane concept behind that cinematic critter by retiring Phil to a sanctuary and replacing him with an electronic groundhog.

Phil is forced to be on display year round at the local library and is denied the ability to prepare for and enter yearly hibernation (and I have a hard time with "spring forward"). Add to that the displeasure of large, screaming crowds, flashing lights of cameras, and human handling. If Punxsutawney frees Phil, then the bitter winter that's made him into an unwilling media attraction will end, making way for a sunny spring that everyone can enjoy.

These people are nuts.

This is silliness. If the PETA activists really care about animals, they should direct their energies to worthwhile endeavors.

They shouldn't waste time with an electronic groundhog campaign.

Good grief.