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This happened last year in NJ: https://www.nj.com/news/2022/01/njs-weather-predicting-groundhog-milltown-mel-dies-before-his-big-day.html https://www.nj.com/news/2022/01/njs-weather-predicting-groun... The organizers claimed they had a replacement lined up for today, but blame an unnamed state statue for not actually being able to use them: https://www.nj.com/news/2023/01/groundhog-day-to-be-without-njs-milltown-mel-again-due-to-unforeseen-snag.html https://www.nj.com/news/2023/01/groundhog-day-to-be-without-...