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De Blasio Banned from Holding Groundhog During Upcoming Ceremony
Groundhog Day 2014 is one that Staten Island will not be repeating. Via the NY Post:
Mayor de Blasio won’t be killing any more groundhogs — zoo handlers are forbidding the butter-fingered mayor from holding the critter at the annual shadow-sighting ceremony on Feb. 2, The Post has learned.
The ban came after The Post first revealed that the groundhog de Blasio fumbled and dropped last year died a week later of internal injuries — and then Staten Island Zoo officials covered up the death. . . .
“No one will be allowed to touch the groundhog,” one zoo insider briefed on the new policy told The Post.
The groundhog will be placed in a comfy glass or plexiglass box for the ceremony, sources said.
That is good news for Staten Island’s groundhog population. After all, consider de Blasio’s reaction to last year’s mishap:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfe7XdDIMAAUMUg.jpg
Groundhog Day 2014 is one that Staten Island will not be repeating. Via the NY Post:
Mayor de Blasio won’t be killing any more groundhogs — zoo handlers are forbidding the butter-fingered mayor from holding the critter at the annual shadow-sighting ceremony on Feb. 2, The Post has learned.
The ban came after The Post first revealed that the groundhog de Blasio fumbled and dropped last year died a week later of internal injuries — and then Staten Island Zoo officials covered up the death. . . .
“No one will be allowed to touch the groundhog,” one zoo insider briefed on the new policy told The Post.
The groundhog will be placed in a comfy glass or plexiglass box for the ceremony, sources said.
That is good news for Staten Island’s groundhog population. After all, consider de Blasio’s reaction to last year’s mishap:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfe7XdDIMAAUMUg.jpg
