PETA urges replacing Groundhog with a coin

[VillainV]

PETA is urging to let Punxstawny Phil retire to an animal sanctuary, and replace him with a giant gold coin. After all, his predictions are no better than a coin toss.

“Groundhogs can’t make heads or tails of the weather forecast and shouldn’t be jostled around by large members of a different species and thrust in front of noisy crowds for a photo op,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk.

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[fortnightlily]

I'd be fine with this. Honestly, they should've done away with all live Groundhog Day events after that Bill de Blasio incident.

[VillainV]

Jan 24, 2024 18:21:47 GMT -5 fortnightlily said:

I'd be fine with this. Honestly, they should've done away with all live Groundhog Day events after that Bill de Blasio incident.

Yeah, it’s kind of shocking in 2024 that we’re still doing this. See also: live animal mascots at sporting events.

[mcmel]

Also get rid of dropping live turkeys from planes and rattlesnake roundups.

[redheadbaker]

Right, because THAT is the most pressing issue in animal welfare right now ...

[basilosaurus]

Jan 24, 2024 20:36:58 GMT -5 mcmel said:

Also get rid of dropping live turkeys from planes and rattlesnake roundups.

these are a thing? Wtf

The whole groundhog day thing is so very stupid. I don't get why it gets any news. Sure, replace with a gun. Do away with it altogether. No one fucking cares.

[pixy0stix]

PETA can stuff it. Even if they have a point here I just can't get behind anything they do.

[glw]

LOL ok, whatever


(or, what pixy0stix said)

[wawa]

Jan 24, 2024 20:36:58 GMT -5 mcmel said:

Also get rid of dropping live turkeys from planes and rattlesnake roundups.

What? Is this a Texas thing??

[penguingrrl]

Jan 24, 2024 20:36:58 GMT -5 mcmel said:

Also get rid of dropping live turkeys from planes and rattlesnake roundups.

Wait, what the fuck are those things? I’ve never heard of either and can’t imagine why they would exist…

[mcmel]

Jan 25, 2024 13:38:30 GMT -5 wawa said:

Jan 24, 2024 20:36:58 GMT -5 mcmel said:

Also get rid of dropping live turkeys from planes and rattlesnake roundups.

What? Is this a Texas thing??

Jan 25, 2024 13:41:59 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Jan 24, 2024 20:36:58 GMT -5 mcmel said:

Also get rid of dropping live turkeys from planes and rattlesnake roundups.

Wait, what the fuck are those things? I’ve never heard of either and can’t imagine why they would exist…

It looks like the turkey drop in Arkansas may have stopped in 2017, but apparently for roughly 70 years, yes it was a thing to just throw a nearly flightless bird out of a plane and watch it try to fly, but probably just splat dead onto the ground.

Rattlesnake roundups still occur all over, to my knowledge.

Why? Because torturing animals is apparently fun.

[penguingrrl]

Jan 25, 2024 14:16:04 GMT -5 mcmel said:

Jan 25, 2024 13:38:30 GMT -5 wawa said:

What? Is this a Texas thing??

Jan 25, 2024 13:41:59 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Wait, what the fuck are those things? I’ve never heard of either and can’t imagine why they would exist…

It looks like the turkey drop in Arkansas may have stopped in 2017, but apparently for roughly 70 years, yes it was a thing to just throw a nearly flightless bird out of a plane and watch it try to fly, but probably just splat dead onto the ground.

Rattlesnake roundups still occur all over, to my knowledge.

Why? Because torturing animals is apparently fun.

I just don’t understand. Especially the rattlesnake roundup (which I had to google because I didn’t understand what it could be). Rattlesnakes are my biggest fear in the world. I wish all snakes would literally disappear from the earth and I still think that’s barbaric and cruel. But throwing flightless birds out of a plane is just fucked up. Who came up with either of these things and why do they persist?

[rubytue]

Jan 25, 2024 14:16:04 GMT -5 mcmel said:

Jan 25, 2024 13:38:30 GMT -5 wawa said:

What? Is this a Texas thing??

Jan 25, 2024 13:41:59 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Wait, what the fuck are those things? I’ve never heard of either and can’t imagine why they would exist…

It looks like the turkey drop in Arkansas may have stopped in 2017, but apparently for roughly 70 years, yes it was a thing to just throw a nearly flightless bird out of a plane and watch it try to fly, but probably just splat dead onto the ground.

Rattlesnake roundups still occur all over, to my knowledge.

Why? Because torturing animals is apparently fun.

TIL it wasn’t just a WKRP bit

[pixy0stix]

Jan 25, 2024 15:25:16 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Jan 25, 2024 14:16:04 GMT -5 mcmel said:

It looks like the turkey drop in Arkansas may have stopped in 2017, but apparently for roughly 70 years, yes it was a thing to just throw a nearly flightless bird out of a plane and watch it try to fly, but probably just splat dead onto the ground.

Rattlesnake roundups still occur all over, to my knowledge.

Why? Because torturing animals is apparently fun.

TIL it wasn’t just a WKRP bit

LOL! Same.

[babsbunny]

I hate people.

Now I get where the simpsons got their inspiration for the snake clubbing epsiode.

No, I am not talking about snakes dancing at a disco club.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jan 25, 2024 14:16:04 GMT -5 mcmel said:

Jan 25, 2024 13:38:30 GMT -5 wawa said:

What? Is this a Texas thing??

Jan 25, 2024 13:41:59 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Wait, what the fuck are those things? I’ve never heard of either and can’t imagine why they would exist…

It looks like the turkey drop in Arkansas may have stopped in 2017, but apparently for roughly 70 years, yes it was a thing to just throw a nearly flightless bird out of a plane and watch it try to fly, but probably just splat dead onto the ground.

Rattlesnake roundups still occur all over, to my knowledge.

Why? Because torturing animals is apparently fun.

I had no idea it was a real thing at all. I thought it was literally a  plotline at a fictional radio station where the employees were wacky or high and came up with a marketing ploy that real life actual people would never be so stupid as to propose.  TIL.

[basilosaurus]

I don't mind python roundups in the glades. They're invasive and incredibly destructive. Let the good ol boys get their jollies doing something good.

I can find absolutely no reason beyond cruelty for a turkey drop. Fuck anyone who's been in any way involved. How did it only stop in 2017?!

[mcmel]

Jan 29, 2024 18:41:28 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

I don't mind python roundups in the glades. They're invasive and incredibly destructive. Let the good ol boys get their jollies doing something good.

I can find absolutely no reason beyond cruelty for a turkey drop. Fuck anyone who's been in any way involved. How did it only stop in 2017?!

I agree with you about the removal and unfortunate destruction of invasive species.

[wawa]

I finally had time to google rattlesnake roundups and learned (again) that people are fucking WEIRD.
Like, i grew up in a rural area of PA. I get hunting. I eat meat, including wild game, and have few moral compunctions about normal hunting or fishing.

This is bizarre. Apparently in Texas they literally fill an arena with poisonous snakes for people to ooh and ahh at, milk them for their venom and then slaughter them and skin them for snakeskin. And it's...a fundraiser?
In other places (Georgia and PA being the top google hits I got) they also do this (again as a fundraiser), but the snakes are JUST FOR DISPLAY and they return them to the dens after the event because those states actually regulate hunting and you can't just take and kill wild animals in an unlimited fashion the way you APPARENTLY can in Texas.

Our firehall just does spaghetti dinners to fundraise....