Groundhog Day takes place every year in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where the resident groundhog makes his prediction on the remaining winter.

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 with a vegan “Weather Reveal” cake.

PETA has requested that a cake be used for Groundhog Day rather than Punxsutawney Phil - the groundhog typically used to determine whether February will be longer or shorter. The famed animal rights association has written to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club,

Hands off our hog! PETA activists are calling for Punxsutawney Phil, the region’s fluffiest weather predictor, to be replaced with a vegan “weather reveal cake” during Sunday’s annual Groundhog Day celebration in Pennsylvania.

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.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, suggested that Groundhog Day be celebrated with a “weather cake” instead of pulling Punxsutawney Phil from his burrow to determine if winter will be prolonged or if spring will come early.

In a Tuesday letter addressed to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s president Tom Dunkel, PETA president Ingrid Newkirk is offering a "weather reveal" vegan cake each Groundhog Day in order to "replace [the] exploited groundhog.

Image via Shutterstock You got to be kidding me, right? PETA wants to get rid of Groundhog's Day, the iconic Punxsutawney Phil, and replace both with a vegan sandwich. The activist organization is calling for the end of Groundhog's Day in Pennsylvania.

This year’s Groundhog Day could look a little different than prior years. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has issued a statement saying the Punxsutawney Phil should be replaced with a “vegan cake.

Groundhog Day – the annual tradition where a groggy rodent is yanked from its burrow to predict the weather – might be due for a makeover. At least, if PETA has anything to say about it. Their latest proposal?