PUNXSUTAWNEY, Penn. -- Ahead of Groundhog Day this Sunday, PETA sent a letter urging The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to retire famous Phil and another Punxsutawney groundhog. In the letter, the animal ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Penn. (WLS) -- Ahead of Groundhog Day this Sunday, PETA sent a letter urging The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to retire famous Phil and another Punxsutawney groundhog. In the letter, the ...

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 on ...

That's the hope of People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals. PETA has suggested that a persimmon tree may be more accurate than a groundhog. The group sent a letter to the president of The ...

Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow when he emerged from his den in western Pennsylvania early Sunday with his weather forecast that there will be six more weeks of winter. If Phil had not seen ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania's "official state meteorologist" Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday morning, predicting six more weeks of winter. Sunday's joyous occasion was the 138th prognostication in ...

Punxsutawney Phil isn't the only weather-predicting groundhog that enjoys a day of public spotlight. In northern Ohio, a ground-dweller by the name of Buckeye Chuck has made his call: Spring is coming ...

A week ahead of Groundhog Day, vigilant animal-rights group PETA is suggesting Punxsutawney Phil be replaced by a robot--surprising precisely no one. Though PETA worries that the iconic rodent is ...