PETA Wants A Robot for Groundhog’s Day
I love PETA. It’s one of the few organizations in the world that can take good intentions into the realm of surrealist comedy. The latest baffling idea from the well-meaning yet severely misguided People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals organization is that we should replace the famous weather-forecasting Punxsutawney Phil with a robot groundhog. Apparently, PETA thinks it’s unfair that the animal has to live in safe, well-tended captivity and needs to work one day a year.
Phil’s keepers say that he’s treated “better than the average child in Pennsylvania.” The state Department of Agriculture checks in on the critter annually to confirm that he’s being well-treated.
A few things are clear to me: Phil the groundhog is doing just fine, PETA’s out for some publicity, and robot groundhogs would be terrifying. If a robo-hog took over for the real deal, where would it end? I’d have to assume that robot weathermen would be next.
Source and Image: Associated Press
