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  • Zoo mulls Groundhog Day ban on mayors after de Blasio’s deadly fumble

    09/25/2014 2:00:49 PM PDT · by jimbo123 · 28 replies
    NY Post ^ | 9/25/14 | Erin Calabrese and Sophia Rosenbaum
    Mayor Bill de Blasio may not get a chance to kill any more groundhogs. The Staten Island Zoo is considering ditching its Groundhog Day policy that includes the mayor holding the winter-weather prognosticator following a Post report Thursday that “Chuck” — who was actually Charlotte — died from injuries suffered when she was dropped by Hizzoner.
  • Groundhog dropped by de Blasio died a week later

    09/25/2014 4:58:49 AM PDT · by jimbo123 · 39 replies
    NY Post ^ | 9/25/14 | Joe Tacopino, Carl Campanile and Natalie O'Neill
    Mayor de Blasio has groundhog blood on his hands! A week after Hizzoner dropped Staten Island Chuck in front of a crowd of spectators on Feb. 2, the winter-weather prognosticator died of internal injuries — and then the coverup began, The Post has learned. Staten Island Zoo officials went to great lengths to hide the death from the public and keep secret the fact that “Chuck” was actually “Charlotte,” a female imposter, sources said Wednesday. The stand-in was found dead in her enclosure at the Staten Island Zoo on Feb. 9 — and a necropsy determined she died from “acute...