PETA 提供素食蛋糕替代 Punxsutawney Phil 的土撥鼠日天氣預報

動物權利組織「善待動物組織」今年將提供「天氣預報」純素蛋糕，以取代 Punxsutawney Phil 預測土撥鼠日的天氣。

Animal rights group PETA is offering to send a weather-revealing vegan cake to Punxsutawney Phil this Groundhog Day, in lieu of the rodent predicting the weather.

動物權利組織善待動物組織 (PETA) 提議在今年土撥鼠日向龐克瑟托尼·菲爾 (Punxsutawney Phil) 寄送一個能顯示天氣的純素蛋糕，以代替囓齒類動物預測天氣。

Every year, PETA sends a letter to Punxsutawney Groundhog Club President Tom Dunkel, suggesting an alternative weather predicting method and offering to conclude Phil’s duties.

每年，PETA 都會致函龐克瑟托尼土撥鼠俱樂部主席湯姆鄧克爾 (Tom Dunkel)，建議採用替代天氣預報方法，並提出終止菲爾的職責。

“When left to their own devices, groundhogs steer clear of humans, build elaborate networks of underground burrows, communicate with each other and even scale trees, but poor Phil is deprived of all that for a stale old carnival stunt,” Ingrid Newkirk, PETA president, said Tuesday.

「當土撥鼠自行其是時，它們會避開人類，建造複雜的地下洞穴網絡，相互交流，甚至攀爬樹木，但可憐的菲爾卻因為陳舊的嘉年華特技而被剝奪了這一切，」善待動物組織英格麗德·紐柯克(Ingrid Newkirk)總統週二表示。

The vegan cake alternative, a play on popular gender reveal videos, would be cut to reveal either blue, signifying six more weeks of winter, or pink, denoting an early spring, according to PETA.

據善待動物組織稱，純素蛋糕的替代品是對流行的性別揭秘影片的模仿，將被剪成藍色（表示冬天還有六週）或粉紅色（表示早春）。

The organization has previously offered to provide a gold coin for a coin toss or a human replacement who would live in Phil’s small enclosure and make “unscientific weather predictions.”

該組織先前曾提出提供一枚金幣用於拋硬幣，或提供一個人類替代者，讓他住在菲爾的小圍欄裡並做出「不科學的天氣預報」。

“Year after dull year, Phil is hauled up to Gobbler’s Knob, rushed onstage and forced to endure a noisy announcer, screaming crowds and flashing lights, all of which go against his natural instincts,” the letter continues. “If approached in his natural habitat, he would scurry away in fright — not volunteer to live year-round in captivity.”

「年復一年，沉悶的一年過去了，菲爾被拉到高布勒的旋鈕上，衝上舞台，被迫忍受嘈雜的播音員、尖叫的人群和閃爍的燈光，所有這些都違背了他的本能，」信中繼續說。 “如果在它的自然棲息地被接近，它會驚慌失措地跑開——而不是自願全年被圈養。”

If the cake isn’t enough, PETA included an alternative suggestion in this year’s letter.

如果蛋糕還不夠，善待動物組織在今年的信中提出了替代建議。

“We’d be pleased to send you a large thermometer for Gobbler’s Knob that reads, ‘If it’s still cold, it’s still winter,’ which would aptly convey the ridiculousness of the current form of this tired old spectacle,” the letter reads. “We eagerly await your reply, as always.”

信中寫道：「我們很高興向您寄去一個大的Gobbler's Knob 溫度計，上面寫著：'如果仍然冷，那就還是冬天'，這恰如其分地傳達了這種陳舊景象目前形式的荒謬之處。 “我們一如既往地熱切等待您的答复。”

Groundhog Day festivities are set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 2 at Gobbler’s Knob — including Phil’s early morning weather prediction.

土撥鼠日慶祝活動將於 2 月 2 日星期日在 Gobbler's Knob 舉行，其中包括菲爾的清晨天氣預報。