PETA希望在土撥鼠日用蛋糕代替Punxsutawney Phil

該組織代表人們對動物的道德待遇，在1月21日的新聞稿中分享了他們的想法。如果俱樂部主席湯姆·鄧克爾（Tom Dunkel）同意讓菲爾退休到庇護所，他們將在每個土撥鼠日提供純素食蛋糕。

PETA is suggesting a new way to celebrate Groundhog Day that doesn't involve pulling Punxsutawney Phil out of his hole.

PETA建議一種慶祝土撥鼠日的新方式，不涉及將Punxsutawney Phil從洞中拉出。

Instead of the groundhog predicting the weather, PETA would like to see a "weather reveal" cake used in the ceremony. The organization says it will deliver a vegan cake each Groundhog Day if club president Tom Dunkel agrees to let Phil retire to a sanctuary.

PETA希望看到儀式上使用的“天氣揭示”蛋糕，而不是預言天氣。該組織表示，如果俱樂部主席湯姆·鄧克爾（Tom Dunkel）同意讓菲爾（Phil）退休到庇護所，則將在每個土撥鼠日提供純素食蛋糕。

"If the inside of the cake is blue, there will be six more weeks of winter. If it’s pink, there will be an early spring," PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in her letter to Dunkel. "This would allow you to still make tourism dough while showing Phil a slice of decency. It would be as least as accurate as asking a groundhog what to expect in a way that doesn’t even reflect his nature."

PETA總裁Ingrid Newkirk在給Dunkel的信中說：“如果蛋糕的內部是藍色的，冬天還會再有六個星期。如果是粉紅色的，將會有早春。” “這將使您仍然可以製作旅遊麵團，同時向菲爾（Phil）展示一片體面。這與詢問土撥鼠以某種方式甚至不反映他的本性的方式所期望的那樣準確。”

Newkirk went on to point out that groundhogs are shy prey animals who actively avoid humans when allowed and called out the Groundhog Club for subjecting Phil "to a noisy announcer, screaming crowds, and flashing lights against all his natural instincts."

紐基爾克（Newkirk）繼續指出，土撥鼠是害羞的獵物動物，他們在允許時積極避開人類，並召集了土撥鼠俱樂部，以使菲爾（Phil）“受到吵鬧的播音員，尖叫的人群，並閃爍著他所有的自然本能”。

It isn't the first year PETA has attempted to retire Punxsutawney Phil.

PETA試圖退休Punxsutawney Phil並不是第一年。

In 2024, the group offered to replace the groundhog with a giant gold coin, while in 2022 they suggested officials predict the weather with persimmon seeds.

2024年，該組織提出用巨大的金幣代替土撥鼠，而在2022年，他們建議官員們預測柿子種子的天氣。

The annual Groundhog Day celebration is scheduled to take place in Pennsylvania on Feb. 2. Phil predicted an early spring in 2024 after not seeing his shadow.

一年一度的土撥鼠日慶祝活動定於2月2日在賓夕法尼亞州舉行。菲爾在看不到陰影后於2024年舉行了早春。