Since he took a chunk out of Michael Bloomberg's finger in 2009, clairvoyant groundhog Chuck has never had the smoothest relationships with New York mayors. But now mayor-groundhog tensions appear to have taken an even more sinister turn, after it was revealed that  Bill de Blasio could well be responsible for the animal's death. In February this year, current mayor Mr de Blasio dropped the Staten Island groundhog in front of a crowd of spectators after the animal predicted six more miserable weeks of winter. Scroll down for video Sources have suggested that New York mayor could be responsible for the death of groundhog Chuck
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Bill de Blasio dropped Staen Island groundhog Chuck in February
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It has now been revealed that the animal died just a week later
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Chuck could in fact be stand-in groundhog Charlotte from same zoo
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Annual Groundhog Day is meant to see furry rodents forecast the weather
In a further twist, it appears that @placeholder was not in fact Chuck at all, but was actually a female imposter named Charlotte, sources told the newspaper yesterday.
The furry rodent is one of a small group of groundhogs said to forecast the weather, including @placeholder in Staten Island