PETA is urging Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to remove Punxsutawney Phil from his Groundhog Day duties. The animal activist organization doesn’t plan on leaving the club empty-handed, offering a weather-reveal vegan cake in his place.

If the vegan cake has a blue interior when it's cut, it would mean six more weeks of winter. Pink would signal an early spring.

In a letter to the president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, PETA suggests replacing live groundhogs with a gender reveal-style vegan cake. PETA said they'd provide the cake every year in exchange for letting Punxsutawney Phil retire.

Will we have an early spring? Or will there be a longer winter? Here's a look at how Punxsutawney Phil has called it over the years.

In a Jan. 20 statement, PETA announced that it has offered the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club a free vegan cake every year if it allows Punxsutawney Phil to retire.

PETA has suggested that Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether winter will go on for six more weeks or spring will arrive early, should be replaced with a vegan 'weather reveal' cake on Groundhog Day.

Let them eat cake? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, also known as PETA, believes it has a sweet deal for the people near Gobbler's Knob, home to Punxsutawney Phil. The organization ...

Punxsutawney Phil may soon be out of a job—if PETA has its way. The animal rights organization sent a letter on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, urging the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to retire its famed groundhog to a sanctuary and replace him

When it comes to Groundhog Day, Pennsylvania’s legendary Punxsutawney Phil isn’t the only rodent that makes predictions about whether we will have a long winter or an early spring. New Jersey has a few of its own furry forecasters,

Groundhog Day 2025 is upon us, and you know the program: Every Feb. 2, Phil emerges from his burrow in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. If he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If not, spring is just around the corner.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Windy City Weekend" had a live studio audience this Friday. And Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini had a familiar face to greet that audience - restaurateur/entrepreneur Billy Dec, who was one of the guests on the very first "Windy City Live" program back in 2011.