PETA希望在土拨鼠日用蛋糕代替Punxsutawney Phil

该组织代表人们对动物的道德待遇，在1月21日的新闻稿中分享了他们的想法。如果俱乐部主席汤姆·邓克尔（Tom Dunkel）同意让菲尔退休到庇护所，他们将在每个土拨鼠日提供纯素食蛋糕。

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

PETA建议一种庆祝土拨鼠日的新方式，不涉及将Punxsutawney Phil从洞中拉出。

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希望看到仪式上使用的“天气揭示”蛋糕，而不是预言天气。该组织表示，如果俱乐部主席汤姆·邓克尔（Tom Dunkel）同意让菲尔（Phil）退休到庇护所，则将在每个土拨鼠日提供纯素食蛋糕。

"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总裁Ingrid Newkirk在给Dunkel的信中说：“如果蛋糕的内部是蓝色的，冬天还会再有六个星期。如果是粉红色的，将会有早春。” “这将使您仍然可以制作旅游面团，同时向菲尔（Phil）展示一片体面。这与询问土拨鼠以某种方式甚至不反映他的本性的方式所期望的那样准确。”

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."

纽基尔克（Newkirk）继续指出，土拨鼠是害羞的猎物动物，他们在允许时积极避开人类，并召集了土拨鼠俱乐部，以使菲尔（Phil）“受到吵闹的播音员，尖叫的人群，并闪烁着他所有的自然本能”。

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

PETA试图退休Punxsutawney Phil并不是第一年。

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，该组织提出用巨大的金币代替土拨鼠，而在2022年，他们建议官员们预测柿子种子的天气。

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.

一年一度的土拨鼠日庆祝活动定于2月2日在宾夕法尼亚州举行。菲尔在看不到阴影后于2024年举行了早春。