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Published January 27, 2010, 12:00 AM

Punxsutawney Phil (2009)


John Griffiths, a handler of the weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, holds Phil after removing him from his stump at Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day, in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Feb. 2, 2009. The state's tourism department says Phil will text his weather prediction to those who sign up to have texts sent to their mobile phones. Meanwhile, the animal rights group PETA is urging organizers to replace the live animal with a robotic one. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Read the article: Let robotic groundhog see Feb. 2 shadow, PETA says