PETA 提供素食蛋糕替代 Punxsutawney Phil 的土拨鼠日天气预报

动物权利组织“善待动物组织”今年将提供“天气预报”纯素蛋糕，以代替庞克苏托尼·菲尔 (Punxsutawney Phil) 预测土拨鼠日的天气。

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.

动物权利组织善待动物组织 (PETA) 提议在今年土拨鼠日向庞克瑟托尼·菲尔 (Punxsutawney Phil) 寄送一个能显示天气的纯素蛋糕，以代替啮齿类动物预测天气。

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 都会致函庞克瑟托尼土拨鼠俱乐部主席汤姆·邓克尔 (Tom Dunkel)，建议采用替代天气预报方法，并提出终止菲尔的职责。

“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.

“当土拨鼠自行其是时，它们会避开人类，建造复杂的地下洞穴网络，相互交流，甚至攀爬树木，但可怜的菲尔却因为陈旧的嘉年华特技而被剥夺了这一切，”善待动物组织英格丽德·纽柯克 (Ingrid Newkirk)总统周二表示。

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.

据善待动物组织称，纯素蛋糕的替代品是对流行的性别揭秘视频的模仿，将被剪成蓝色（表示冬天还有六周）或粉红色（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.”

该组织此前曾提出提供一枚金币用于抛硬币，或者提供一个人类替代者，让他住在菲尔的小围栏里并做出“不科学的天气预报”。

“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.”

“年复一年，沉闷的一年过去了，菲尔被拉到高布勒的旋钮上，冲上舞台，被迫忍受嘈杂的播音员、尖叫的人群和闪烁的灯光，所有这些都违背了他的本能，”信中继续说道。 “如果在它的自然栖息地被接近，它会惊慌失措地跑开——而不是自愿全年被圈养。”

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

如果蛋糕还不够，善待动物组织在今年的信中提出了替代建议。

“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.”

信中写道：“我们很高兴向您寄去一个大的 Gobbler's Knob 温度计，上面写着：‘如果仍然冷，那就还是冬天’，这恰如其分地传达了这种陈旧景象目前形式的荒谬之处。” “我们一如既往地热切等待您的答复。”

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

土拨鼠日庆祝活动将于 2 月 2 日星期日在 Gobbler's Knob 举行，其中包括菲尔的清晨天气预报。