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Winnipeg Willow enjoys a carrot — one of the last treats she was seen eating before she was found dead Friday.
Winter will feel a little longer this year in Winnipeg after a local animal shelter called off it’s annual Groundhog Day celebration following the untimely death of the star of the show.
Winnipeg Willow died Friday at the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Winnipeg. She will be remembered for her love of kale, sweet potatoes, peanuts and carrots, a treat she was last seen enjoying before she died without warning Friday evening. She was five years old.
“We are in complete shock and sadness with tears coming down our faces,” reads a statement posted to the animal rescue centre’s blog. “She was acting her normal self this morning and eating a carrot but (staff) came in this evening to find her gone.”
The city’s annual Groundhog Day celebration, set for Tuesday, has been cancelled.
“With great sadness we are cancelling our Groundhog day event that was to take place on February 2nd,” the centre announced. “We loved trying to predict the upcoming forecast and I think we only got one season right.”
Inaccurate as she was, Willow was beloved by school children and the centre’s staff alike, and one day a year she gave the possibility of to Winnipeg residents that the long, dark winter may be drawing to a close. On February 2nd, she’d join sharp-toothed critters across the continent in emerging from her enclosure to prognosticate the season’s end.
Orphaned as a pup when her mother was killed by a dog, Willow was raised at the wildlife centre and she became too friendly with staff to be released into the wild. Instead, she became an ambassador for conservation and environmentalism and became the star of school visits. For a groundhog, it was a full life.
“Life expectancy of woodchucks range from 4 to 6 years, so we hoped she lived her full time and was loved every minute of her life,” the centre said.
In her wake, Willow left a glimmer of hope.
“From her current behavior this past winter, we were going to predict an early spring as she was eager to head outdoors,” the centre said, before wishing her “fun running through the meadows” in the sky.
Winter will feel a little longer this year in Winnipeg after a local animal shelter called off it’s annual Groundhog Day celebration following the untimely death of the star of the show.
Winnipeg Willow died Friday at the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Winnipeg. She will be remembered for her love of kale, sweet potatoes, peanuts and carrots, a treat she was last seen enjoying before she died without warning Friday evening. She was five years old.
“We are in complete shock and sadness with tears coming down our faces,” reads a statement posted to the animal rescue centre’s blog. “She was acting her normal self this morning and eating a carrot but (staff) came in this evening to find her gone.”
The city’s annual Groundhog Day celebration, set for Tuesday, has been cancelled.
“With great sadness we are cancelling our Groundhog day event that was to take place on February 2nd,” the centre announced. “We loved trying to predict the upcoming forecast and I think we only got one season right.”
Inaccurate as she was, Willow was beloved by school children and the centre’s staff alike, and one day a year she gave the possibility of to Winnipeg residents that the long, dark winter may be drawing to a close. On February 2nd, she’d join sharp-toothed critters across the continent in emerging from her enclosure to prognosticate the season’s end.
Orphaned as a pup when her mother was killed by a dog, Willow was raised at the wildlife centre and she became too friendly with staff to be released into the wild. Instead, she became an ambassador for conservation and environmentalism and became the star of school visits. For a groundhog, it was a full life.
“Life expectancy of woodchucks range from 4 to 6 years, so we hoped she lived her full time and was loved every minute of her life,” the centre said.
In her wake, Willow left a glimmer of hope.
“From her current behavior this past winter, we were going to predict an early spring as she was eager to head outdoors,” the centre said, before wishing her “fun running through the meadows” in the sky.
