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May 24, 2012
Downtown at High Noon, PETA Will Barbecue One of Its Own
Those kooky animal lovers at PETA are up to their crazy shenanigans again. (By "kooky" and "crazy shenanigans" what we mean is, "Have you ever wondered if PETA is just some sort of pervy scam to get twentysomething women to disrobe in public?) According to the groups press release, they will "cook" ... More >>
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February 20, 2012
Meatless Monday at Bijoux: This Ain't Your Poor Hippie Yoga-Instructor Friend's Veggie Meal
The gnocchi.A suited staffer circled the room, his tray laden with warm slices of olive, rosemary and raisin breads, crusty and fragrant. He bestowed each of our plates with a different variety, and placed between us a ramekin of butter so pristine and smooth it looked like you could ice skat ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
PETA Ends Meat-Eating Forever With Brave Public Make-Out Session Downtown
Photos by Jay BarkerLet's give credit where it's due: you can't ever accuse PETA of letting cold weather, common sense or good taste ruin the opportunity for a perfectly good publicity stunt. As promised, the group returned to their favorite downtown street corner, Main and Akard, this morn ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
PETA to Stage Soft-Core Bed-In Downtown Tomorrow. Bring Your Cameras.
I'm hesitant to tease a PETA protest scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Akard and Main only because all the other ones have been so underwhelming. (So much so I forgot till using what passes for our search engine that PETA was just at the same spot in August.) Anyway. This is what tod ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
PETA Asked the State Fair of Texas For a Booth. Wanna Guess How Big Tex Responded?
Just got off the phone with a lovely young lass from PETA, America's favorite activist group turned performance troupe. They're always really nice to talk to, those PETA folks, right until they start trying to reincarnate your lunch. Apparently they had applied for a booth at the State Fair of Texa ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
PETA Gives Kiss to Spiral Diner; Does Tofu Make You Cranky?
Spiral Diner's staffers aren't letting an award from PETA distract them from their work slinging tofu scrambles and mixing soy milkshakes. "I really don't know," a man who identified himself as manager of the Fort Worth branch said with a snarl when City of Ate called to ask how the restaura ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
One Possible Palette Cleanser for Thanksgiving
Via Geekologie"Just Add Water" never was so questionable.One thing the Internet is good for these days is finding new ways to infuse your food with bacon. If you're vegetarian, and you were thinking "At least my liquids are safe from meat": you thought wrong. First there was Jones' Bacon soda ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Five Awesome Bacon Costumes For Halloween
Hi son, make sure you don't eat too many nitrates.What are meat enthusiasts to wear on Halloween? PETA's least favorite costume, as worn by Lady Gaga, was a little too visceral for the enjoyment of the modern public. We're thinking bacon. It's a clearer, more-loved synthetic choice than uncooked ... More >>
Dining
September 23, 2010
Samar: Foie Gras For Us Cheap Fatties
Hi son, make sure you don't eat too many nitrates.What are meat enthusiasts to wear on Halloween? PETA's least favorite costume, as worn by Lady Gaga, was a little too visceral for the enjoyment of the modern public. We're thinking bacon. It's a clearer, more-loved synthetic choice than uncooked ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Free Lunch and a Show at City Hall
Photos by Evan ClintonBecause an intern's always up for a free meal, we sent ours to that PETA lunchtime giveaway in front of Dallas City Hall -- where, from the looks of things, meatless weenies were quite the draw. Another two looks on the other side, with, no kiddin', a slide show to follow.
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August 25, 2010
Lettuce Now Consider Our Latest Activist Doings: PETA to Hand Out Meatless Weenies!
If nothing else, this is proving to be a very good week for cheapskate vegetarians (or, really, people who just like free food). Because, like I said Monday, at week's end the folks responsible for yesterday's egg-stremely productive protest at the West Village Albertsons will be back at the DART ... More >>
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June 18, 2010
Getting Topless for Animal Rights Downtown, It's, Yes, Another PETA Protest
Patrick MichelsSee more pics of the protest in Kevin Todora's slideshow.If you happened to stroll past Pegasus Plaza downtown over the lunch hour, what follows may not be news to you. Odds are, you already noticed the 20-some protesters wielding signs with behind-the-scenes photos of elephants an ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
PETA's Bringing the Naked Protest Back to Downtown Tomorrow at Noon
On Monday, in the comments to Daniel's item about People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protesting Fort Worth's libraries for hopping into tent with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, longtime Friend of Unfair Park Religion of Bacon complained that "PETA lost all credibility whe ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
PETA Brings Its Fight Against "The Greatest Show On Earth" To Cowtown Library
From PETA's coloring book for kids, which it wants handed out at Fort Worth librariesAt 10:30 this morning, the Riverside Branch of the Fort Worth Library played host to Slappy and Monday -- two clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus who treated some 43 kids to Reading with Ri ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
Greg Metz Teams Up With PETA To Display His Very Special Last Supper on the National Mall
PETAGreg Metz's The Diner, now on display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.We're clearly big fans of UTD's Greg Metz -- not for nothing did we once bestow upon him our Best Visual Artist award. In doing so, we claimed that "his art carries energy and a bit of controversy," which so happene ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Leonard Davis Loves Animals II: Chasing Birdies, Saving Ducks
View more news videos at:http://www.nbcdfw.com/video. In 2007 Leonard Davis pulled a horse out of the mud. In 2010 he answered my musical inquiries without crushing me like an empty beer can. And Wednesday, he helped some ducks out of a sand trap. Yeah, I know. All you care about it is ...
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May 4, 2010
PETA Releases Grisly Footage That Led to Raid on Exotic-Animal Wholesaler in Arlington
Don FeareSome of the fortunate few to survive confinement at U.S. Global Exotics in ArlingtonHad it not been for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, federal investigators might never have known about conditions inside U.S. Global Exotics, the "massive international exotic-animal whol ... More >>
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February 2, 2010
Groundhog Day Recipes: Don't Forget To Remove The Scent Glands
No, this isn't the kind of "groundhog recipe" we're talking about... Apparently most people still haven't caught on that PETA is not actually an animal-rights activism group but rather a long-running practical joke. It has to be, right? Surely a group that gets witless celebutantes to undress for ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
I Think I'll Start Watching Dancing With The Stars
PETA vs. the Pope. Any time a hot, naked chick riles up the religious I'm intrigued. Especially if it's Joanna Krupa. Who? In theory, there's supposed to be some sports angle to this. Even, dare I say, a Dallas perspective. Okay, here goes: There are hot chicks and Catholic churches and ... More >>
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December 1, 2009
Veggie Guy: Spiral Diner's Faux Meatballs Win National Acclaim
The prized dish.A recent survey conducted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), ranked Spiral Diner's Sketti & Meatballs among the nation's top ten faux meatball dishes. You'd think the Spiral crew would be doing somersaults and touchdown dances over the news, but these guys ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Veggie Guy: How Vegan Are You?
Off limits?I find it rather off-putting when militant vegans say things like, "How vegan are you?" or "[I'm] a true vegan." Hmm...guess I didn't realize this was a competition. Fact is, no one living in modern day society can be completely vegan. As one of my pals puts it, "If you're breathing ... More >>
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October 1, 2009
PETA Tells Omar Vizquel To Go "Challenge Hugo Chavez to an Arm-Wrestling Match"
Texas RangersOmar VizquelBut that's just because the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals doesn't want the Rangers' shortstop to become a bullfighter. Oh, you missed that? Yeah -- a couple of days back, the former Indians great said bullfighting is "one of my things on the to-do list." Tha ... More >>
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September 11, 2009
Shelf Help: Some 'Other' Cookbooks Worth A Peek
As the Julia Child renaissance rush continues, Joseph Mason of Borders in the West Village says Mastering the Art of French Cooking is flying off the shelves. He's barely able to keep the classic best seller in stock, given the hoards of wanna-be French Chefs inspired by the hit movie Julie and ... More >>
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August 5, 2009
PETA's Leaving the Naked Women at Home and Bringing Cuddly Stuffed "Sea Kittens"
Speaking of aquariums ... If you're looking for something to do with the kiddos on Friday, and you're particularly fond of the free stuffed animal, may I recommend a trip to the Dallas World Aquarium? At noon on Friday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will be in front of the Griffin S ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
Veggie Guy: Cereal Bar
"Little boxes on a hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes, little..." Okay, okay--I'll stop. But doesn't The Colony remind you of that town Agrestic from the show Weeds? Well, maybe not quite as affluent. And there definitely aren't any hills to speak of. But the houses all loo ... More >>
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June 23, 2009
PETA Goes With Blood, Not Sex, To Dramatize Seal Hunt Protest Downtown
Sara KerensUndaunted by the mighty Canadian consulate downtown, the PETA protesters stand their ground.When People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals came to Fort Worth earlier this month, they parked a woman in a cage, nearly naked and painted up like a cat, on a sidewalk downtown. So imagine our ... More >>
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June 23, 2009
When PETA Protests Seal Slaughter, Dallas Sends Recipes
Sara KerensPETA's simulated seal killing method is not recommended when making seal brain fritters.In our wildest dreams, we never thought a seal hunting protest would be worth noting on City of Ate--but the comments on our coverage of PETA's downtown demonstration this afternoon has taken on a dist ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2009
Like a Topless Version of Cats
People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsWe didn't get the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals press release till way late in the afternoon yesterday, but on Tuesday, PETA member Shari Pearson took off her top, whipped out the body paint and crawled into a cage in downtown Fort Worth to pr ... More >>
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October 29, 2008
PETA's Stopping By For a Bite at Brinker Shareholder Shindig Tomorrow
People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsWe didn't get the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals press release till way late in the afternoon yesterday, but on Tuesday, PETA member Shari Pearson took off her top, whipped out the body paint and crawled into a cage in downtown Fort Worth to pr ... More >>
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October 16, 2008
The Typing Chef
People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsWe didn't get the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals press release till way late in the afternoon yesterday, but on Tuesday, PETA member Shari Pearson took off her top, whipped out the body paint and crawled into a cage in downtown Fort Worth to pr ... More >>
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August 18, 2008
PETA Suggested New Revenue Stream for Dallas-Fort Worth International
People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsWe didn't get the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals press release till way late in the afternoon yesterday, but on Tuesday, PETA member Shari Pearson took off her top, whipped out the body paint and crawled into a cage in downtown Fort Worth to pr ... More >>
News
July 3, 2008
Pack a Trunk
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
May 6, 2008
Now PETA's Chokin' the Chicken at Brinker International
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
News
January 17, 2008
Mmm. . .Grilled Horse Flesh|Pay Up or Unplug|Come On In, The Door's Open
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
August 8, 2007
NorthPark Visitors Beware: PETA Protestors Headed in Your Direction
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Calendar
August 2, 2007
Talk of the Town
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
February 7, 2007
PETA's "Sexy Nude Activists"? Yeah, Not So Much. Damn You, PETA.
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
February 6, 2007
PETA Bringing "Sexy Nude Activists" to Downtown Tomorrow. Awesome Much?
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
January 3, 2007
Dallas Tech Firm Tells PETA to Mind its Own Monkey Business
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
January 2, 2007
PETA Tells Dallas Company to Stop Monkeying Around
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
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November 16, 2006
Smokestack Somersaults
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
October 11, 2006
PETA, Don't You Have Anything Better to Do?
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
July 11, 2006
Putting the Playboy in PETA
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
Blogs
April 25, 2006
Yuck This
Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country
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June 26, 2003
Dead to Rights
Stripped of pretention, Danny Boyle gets his mojo back in the zombie flick 28 Days Later
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