Posted on 02/06/2022 1:54:37 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
On a cold Tuesday, lifelong Florida resident Amanda Brody traveled to Punxsutawney, but not to take part in Groundhog Day festivities. She and 10 others arrived a day early to protest “the abuse of live animals.”
Brody, 29, is a senior campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She travels the country, organizing and leading protests against animal abuse. It’s a full-time job and “my career and passion,” she said in a telephone interview from her home in West Palm Beach. She’s signed on with PETA four years ago — one year after she became a vegan and stopped eating all animals and dairy products.
The protestors did not stay for Punxsutawney Phil’s big weather reveal on Wednesday — six more weeks of winter — but they did visit him Tuesday in his habitat inside the local library. Two big windows give visitors a 24/7 view of the groundhog, although he spends much of his time in a burrow that gives him privacy.
“Phil looked bored and lonely, stuck in his little enclosure,” Brody said. “A groundhog would never choose to live like that.”
Punxsutawney Phil should be sent to a “reputable sanctuary” to live “the life nature intended for him,” according to PETA president Ingrid Newkirk. Phil is a wild animal who should be “hibernating, digging, burrowing, foraging, smelling fresh air and simply living like a sentient being, not an exhibit.”
The 75-minute protest on Tuesday was announced on a PETA event page, and although only 11 people showed up to carry signs, Brody said it was a success.
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Glad your father survived that incident OK. That happens more often than people know.
PETA leader came all the way from Fla. to save Punxsutawney Phil.
I don’t care who you are that’s not normal.
Not being hunted for food by natural predators every second of his life must be boring, right?
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