The film “And greets the marmot every day” made the tradition of Groundhog Days known worldwide. Now, however, the animal welfare organization PETA turned to the organizers, Punxsutawney Phil should be replaced – by a cake.
What does the marmot predict? Through the film and every day, the marmot greets Bill Murray in the leading role, the tradition of Groundhog Day is known worldwide. A marmot, Punxsutawney Phil, is asked every year on February 2, how the further winter will go.
The animal comes from its construction and the organizers make sure that the marmot sees its shadow. If this is the case, winter will continue for six weeks. On the other hand, does not seem to be a sun and the sky is cloudy, that means that the weather gets better and generally warmer.
The custom has long tradition in the American Pennsylvania. However, the animal protection organization PETA has now switched on and has made an unusual offer to the organizers.
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What suggests PETA? The organization, which also likes to talk to a word at gaming topics, was directed to the official Punxsutawney Groundhog Club with a request. Under his direction, the Punxsutawney Phil marmot predicts the weather every year.
PETA therefore asks to refrain from doing so for this purpose. This is justified as follows:
If you allow them to be themselves, marmots avoid people, build complicated underground cave networks, communicate with each other and even climb on trees, but all this is denied the poor phil because of a tired old gimmick.
Ingrid Newkirk, President of Peta on the official website
The old marmot deserved to finally retire, it is said. In order not to completely remove the day out of the calendar, Peta has an absurd idea.
The organization suggests swapping the marmot for a cake. Peta himself would send a vegan cake to the organizers every day. With his help, the weather should continue to be predicted. Blue filling inside the cake should mean that winter will continue for six weeks. Pink means that he will end soon and the spring will start.
The proposal is reminiscent of the gender reveal parties in which the gender of an unborn child is revealed. It is still unclear whether the Groundhog Club gets involved.
According to Peta, a change in the popular tradition is urgently needed. So the marmot should be granted calm without the tourist effect of the custom being lost. The organization does not interfere for the first time in popular events or products. Recently there was a complaint about another film: “You are the only pest”-Peta calls for the boycott of a horror film because the director used 5,000 living rats for a scene