Coverup after New York mayor killed groundhog

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We already knew that this Groundhog Day, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio accidentally dropped a woodchuck named “Staten Island Chuck” before a crowd of spectators.

What went unreported until Thursday is the fact that the groundhog died of internal injuries one week after being dropped. Moreover, the woodchuck was not actually the infamous “Staten Island Chuck,” and Staten Island Zoo officials covered up the death.

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