PETA Wants Punxsutawney Phil Replaced by a Robot

Thank goodness peta continues to estrange itself.

Who is the face behind PETA? I mean I know what PETA is, their goals and mission statement, but who does it really represent.

When you go to the top, there's always just one man (or woman).

I just concerned they might need to chill out a little bit, Phil has it better than most animals in the world (captive or otherwise). If anything, Phil promotes groundhogs and the animal kingdom in general for their 'natural' cognitive abilities and a man-made tradition recognizing that positive ability.

PETA: stfu

R Clark -
I was intrigued by your question. Who exactly is pulling the strings there and why don't they want us to know? It took me a while, but I'm persistent.

Here's what I found out:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=peta+president

And good treatment or not. This is possibly the dumbest friggin' "tradition" in history.

Pretty neat, Taco.

I've always kind of figured that PETA realizes that most people aren't going to symptahize with their stances similiar to this Groundhog Day one. I think they do these types of stunts for the publicity it brings to other causes. Realistically, is anything bad happening the Phil? No, unless you argue that he's not living a "natural" life. Then again, a "natural" life can be miserable as well.

Please. The majority of Americans do NOT value life at all. They are content to let animals suffer HORRIFICALLY so they can stuff them down their gullet; like they're really going to care about some groundhog.

@JenDirt

Maybe the point is to get people realizing that there are people out there that believe even a stupid and yard-wrecking groundhog deserves to be free. Maybe it will penetrate the think skulls of a few proleteriates who may entertain the notion of becoming more aware of where their Lunchable meals come from.

It's a tradition everyone could do without, but I never was big on any tradition out there to begin with.

I know you people don't believe me, but i watched this thread start over and over again.

Every morning at 6:30, right, Robolasse?

@Taco

Thanks dude, I've been waiting for somebody to do that.

I just didn't want to do it myself, I work on a public computer and searching for something peta-related might get me flagged here at the meat rendering plant. lol

No, I'm just lazy.

Whomever funds PETA supports this idiotic spending of their donors' money... by continuing to give them money.

Argh. Can't they please go away and we can get someone who is a better representative for decent treatment of our food source animals? Like Temple Grandin maybe?

Oh, crap, that reminds me - I have to schedule my kid's annual checkup with the Department of Agriculture!

PETA: STFU

you have a good cause and no perspective or common sense whatsoever

I've been to Punxy. He's treated no worse than zoo animals. He's in a huge cage in the front of the local library, most of the year, with his mate. It kind of reminds me of the enclosures that zoos keep meerkats in. And people from Punxy are crazy about their ground hogs.

And I say that as someone who is very much for animal rights (I'm vegetarian, I volunteer at the animal shelter, but while Peta has some cool resources, I think somethings they say are really silly). Phil wouldn't survive nearly as long if he were in the wild.

That's all PETA is nowadays... just publicity whores. Just take a look at their "I'd rather go naked" ads. If that's not an attention whore ploy, then I don't know what is.
Seriously, does anyone take PETA seriously anymore? I don't think they realize that them doing things like this, objecting to things like this actually hurts their already tarnished image.

I was born on GHD and care about animal welfare, so I feel I have authority to say this:

You media whores at PETA do nothing to further your cause when you crusade against harmless activities such as GHD and Punxy Phil. Get a grip.

You come off as silly nitwits, and have done far more harm than good to the cause of TRULY helping animals. As someone who has raised funds for animal welfare, I have seen first hand how our donations go down -- way down -- after you pull stupid stunts such as this.

Idiots.

Happy Birthday, Leah!

i think you will find that even most semi-intelligent ARA's don't even like PETA. they're basically a deductible charity for scene-agers and soccer moms who still eat eggs.

How many groundhogs and gophers are killed every year by gardeners or groundskeepers? Thousands no doubt, do Peta even mention that? Nope, they go after one of the most pampered and loved animals in the country. This tells me alot about the mentality of these idiots. Peta is an embarrassment.

I wonder what a groundhog tastes like.

People Eating Tasty Animals.

It would really help PETA's image if they weren't sexist, classist, racist, fat haters. Seriously, it's like a sorority. You can be ugly and join, but they're unlikely to let you come to their parties.

Normally I rankle at the hate that comes out in Neatorama comments, but I feel like PETA has worked hard over the years to earn it.

That said, I still don't like it when people are like, "omgstfu." PETA gets to speak, just like everyone else. Let them dig their grave.

Perhaps we should replace all PETA members with ROBOTS to see how they like it!

R Clark - Ha! Thanks for taking my sarcasm with good humor.

Bah! PETA dug their own grave long ago, and their stunts are tiresome and anti-productive. "People are viruses!' "No pets!!" "No Groundhog Day!!!" No this, no that, and no the other thing. And what do they get for their efforts? The opposite of what they hope for, and the soiling of animal welfare groups that do some good. I buy my wife a fur coat each year, and a part of me hopes it rankles the PETA nuts around here.

Yeah, they have the right to speak like anyone else. Like I do even. So, again, PETA: STFU. You're like that annoying hippy girl in college we all hoped would die painfully in her sleep so we wouldn't have to listen to her whining, and her false moralizing, and her endless dramatics and stunts.

"How many groundhogs and gophers are killed every year by gardeners or groundskeepers?"

I get about 3 or 4 per year.

"I wonder what a groundhog tastes like."

My dog won't even eat them and that's saying a lot.

Please don't feed the trolls.

(because that's all PETA is, one giant troll.)

ingrid newkirk. is the founder of peta. she's crazy. i wish there was a non-profit that was that crazy about helping people instead of animals. but i do love animals and hate when people are cruel to them.

PETA works incredibly hard to make animal rights supporters look like morons. They MUST be funded and run by those who are in reality opposed to the idea. It's the only explanation for an endless stream of stunts that work against their stated goals and turn them into a laughing stock.

That movie was on today, Phil's alarm went off at 6 am, not 6:30.

Animals are delicious. Case closed.

This story is fantastic. Check out this competition to name the electronic rodent.
http://thegreenertruth.com/2010/02/dear-diary/

PETA makes people who truly care about animals look like idiots and I wish they would go away. They are nothing but terrorists who support other terrorists (like ALF), hypocrites and puppy killers. They have no real understanding of animals, no respect for people, and no justification for existing.

There were so many people talking about Punxsutawney Phil on Twitter that it was one of the top trending topics for a while - check out the video at http://www.joshrimer.com/top-trending-topics-happy-groundhog-day-thatsanono-punxsutawney-phil/ to see some of the more entertaining ones in a funny video. :-)