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, Pa. (WTAJ) — PETA has sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club urging them to retire Phil and another groundhog to a sanctuary, and start using an animatronic groundhog instead. ...

Pennsylvania Democrats and Republicans are finding rare common ground — defending Punxsutawney Phil from animal rights activists. Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) and GOP lawmakers are jointly rejecting pressure ...

It is an annual tradition on February 2: Punxsutawney Phil comes out of his burrow, and if he sees his shadow, he has predicted six more weeks of winter. One animal advocacy group is calling for an ...

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is back at it once again. For the past several years around late January, the animal rights group has issued a press release suggesting that the ...