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Mad At Phil? Here's How To Co-Exist With Groundhogs

PITTSBURGH (NEWSRADIO 1020 KDKA) -- Six more weeks of winter? Really Phil?

If you're like the thousands who booed Punxsutawney Phil this morning when he saw his shadow, you're not too happy about his winter prediction, but don't get violent!

Whether there are six more weeks of winter or not, the fact still stands that February is when groundhogs awaken from hibernation, and it won't be long before they're eating your flower bulbs and garden vegetables.

KDKA AM's Larry Richert and John Shumway talk to Laura Simon, field director of the Urban Wildlife Program of the Humane Society of the United States, about how you can keep the groundhogs out of your yard without resorting to injuring or killing your woodland brethren.

Click the link below to listen to the full interview:

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