Groundhog Day 2015 - Zoo Won’t Let de Blasio Hold Groundhog After He Killed One Last Year

The American Spectator ^ | January 8, 2015 | Emily Zanotti

[DogByte6RER]

Zoo Won’t Let de Blasio Hold Groundhog After He Killed One Last Year

The NYPD isn't the only city organization that has lost complete confidence in the esteemed Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio.

After he dropped the groundhog during last year's Groundhog Day celebrations, the Staten Island Zoo has unequivocally banned De Blasio from holding or handling any more of their animals in a celebratory setting.

- Mayor de Blasio won’t be killing any more groundhogs — zoo handlers are forbidding the butter-fingered mayor from holding the critter at the annual shadow-sighting ceremony on Feb. 2, The Post has learned.

The ban came after The Post first revealed that the groundhog de Blasio fumbled and dropped last year died a week later of internal injuries — and then Staten Island Zoo officials covered up the death...

“No one will be allowed to touch the groundhog,” one zoo insider briefed on the new policy told The Post.

The Groundhog Day celebration actually has quite the history of controversy. Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg was also denied the opportunity to cuddle the creature after a 2009 incident where "Staten Island Chuck" was unwilling to leave his comfortable hovel and bit Bloomberg on the finger when he tried to coax it out.

[DogByte6RER]

[PieterCasparzen]

To the elites, animals are sheeple too.

[ThomasThomas]

New York City ground hogs don’t know nothin about weather.

[DogByte6RER]

Ping ...

[Farmer Dean]

Around here we drop ‘em with a .22-250.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Hand him a porcupine.

[Slyfox]

Yeah, where was PETA when Hussein feasted on doggie?

[867V309]

What's de Blotto carryin' in that second chin?

[KarlInOhio]

Even rodents are turning their backs on de Blasio.

[rockinqsranch]

Di Blasio is totally worthless. He should resign, or be thrown out.

[Farmer Dean]

What’s he carrying in the second chin?The genesis of his third chin.

[DogByte6RER]

[Balding_Eagle]

“No one will be allowed to touch the groundhog,”

When a Leftist does something wrong NO ONE is allowed to do it, lest they do it well and make the Leftist look bad

[piasa]

I had a pet groundhog- wonderful animals. But apparently they know a communist when they see one.

[timestax]

ping

[Bill W was a conservative]

W. C. Fields and the girl look positively horrified and angry. I would be, and I’d like to drop the big bolshevik on his head, too.

[Norm Lenhart]

He will walk over and grab it on camera when the zoo won’t make a fuss.. Bet me.

[right way right]

We should use ground hogs for identifying charactor instead of predicting weather.

[dsrtsage]

[TigersEye]

This year they will have 30 groundhogs lined up with their backs turned towards DeBlahzio.