(WPXI) – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling for Punxsutawney Phil to be retired to a reputable sanctuary and to be replaced with an animatronic groundhog that would use artificial intelligence to predict the weather. “Gentle, vulnerable groundhogs are not barometers,” said PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is offering the club a win-win situation: Breathe life into a tired tradition and finally do right by a long-suffering animal.” In a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, PETA said that as a prey species, groundhogs actively avoid humans and being in close proximity to the public causes these animals great stress. They said that by creating an AI Phil, they could keep Punxsutawney at the center of Groundhog Day but in a much more progressive way. And lastly, they offered to make recommendations for a sanctuary that would welcome Phil and the other Punxsutawney groundhog.