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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,464 posts)
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 03:31 PM Feb 2018

Zoo in coverup after drag king groundhog dropped by mayor dies

This is a few years old, but it's timely.

My inspiration:

Really? is @NYCMayor republican?



Zoo in coverup after groundhog dropped by de Blasio dies

By Joe Tacopino, Carl Campanile and Natalie O'Neill September 25, 2014

Mayor Bill de Blasio has groundhog blood on his hands!

A week after Hizzoner dropped Staten Island Chuck in front of a crowd of spectators on Feb. 2, the winter-weather prognosticator died of internal injuries — and then the coverup began, The Post has learned.

Staten Island Zoo officials went to great lengths to hide the death from the public — and keep secret the fact that “Chuck” was actually “Charlotte,” a female impostor, sources said Wednesday.

The stand-in was found dead in her enclosure at the Staten Island Zoo on Feb. 9 — and a necropsy determined she died from “acute internal injuries,” sources said.
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Zoo in coverup after drag king groundhog dropped by mayor dies (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 OP
I remember that Clarity2 Feb 2018 #1
A couple years ago, murielm99 Feb 2018 #2

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
1. I remember that
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 04:04 PM
Feb 2018

Poor thing. But it really wasnt his fault. The groundhog was squriming out of his hands. He was wearing big akward gloves that probably didnt help the situation. [link:

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murielm99

(30,741 posts)
2. A couple years ago,
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 05:51 PM
Feb 2018

the mayor of Sun Prairie, WI was bitten on the ear by the prognosticating groundhog. I thought it served him right. They should have left the poor thing alone.

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