Punxsutawney Robot?

So, PETA would like to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robot.  Go ahead.  This is America.  Design and manufacture a robot that can do what the Phil does on Groundhog Day.  Just pay for it yourselves.  And see if you can figure out a way to make a profit.  If you can do that, I'm sure any number of municipalities, maybe even Punxsutawney, will follow your lead.

Actually, what I was most struck by from the article, was this sentence from the president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, ""Phil is probably treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania. He's got air conditioning in the summer, his pen is heated in winter ... He has everything but a TV in there. What more do you want?"


Is PETA concerned about the average child in Pennsylvania who probably lives in worse conditions than a groundhog?