PETA says it deleted its post about the shooting because people like José Andrés were twisting it
People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsAnimal rights organization, official X account
PETA says it canceled its protest at Mallard out of respect for the shooting victims, that its post called on the restaurant to help eliminate violence by dropping foie gras, and that it took the post down because foie gras supporters such as Andrés were twisting it.
“We canceled a protest scheduled today in front of Mallard restaurant for its despicable sale of foie gras out of respect for the victims of the shooting, and in our tweet, we were calling on the restaurant to help eliminate violence by pulling the cruel item from its menu. We took down our tweet because people who support and take part in the violent killing of ducks and geese for foie gras, like Chef Jose Andres, were twisting it, yet we encourage everyone to remember that it is possible to care about more than one thing at a time and to respect all life.”
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PETA links the deadly Logan Circle shooting to a nearby restaurant's foie gras dinner, then deletes the post and says José Andrés was twisting it
On November 12, 2026, hours after a gunman killed one person and wounded four others in Washington's Logan Circle neighborhood, PETA posted on X that the shooting had happened down the block from Mallard, a restaurant planning a foie gras dinner that night, and suggested the restaurant show its neighbors more consideration than it had shown ducks. PETA posted the same message in replies to news outlets' coverage of the shooting. Chef José Andrés told PETA it "should be so ashamed of this tweet," and journalists and commentators criticized the post. PETA took the post down within hours and said it had been calling on Mallard to help eliminate violence by dropping foie gras, and that people "like Chef Jose Andres, were twisting it". On November 13, PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk issued a statement that began "Shame on José Andrés and Mallard restaurant".
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PETA's explanation after it deleted its post tying the shooting to Mallard's foie gras dinner, posted as a reply to Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.
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New York Post report on PETA's post tying the Logan Circle shooting to Mallard's foie gras dinner, the criticism from Jose Andres, Jacqui Heinrich and Yashar Ali, and PETA's follow-up post after it deleted the original.
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City Cast DC report on PETA's post about the shooting and Mallard, the deleted replies to news outlets, the criticism from Jose Andres and others, PETA's explanation, and the police account of the shooting.
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PETA had deleted its post tying the shooting to Mallard after José Andrés and others criticized it.
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Nicole Meyer, a PETA senior media officer, gave City Cast DC the same explanation.
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PETA explains the deleted post as a call to end violence, says critics twisted it and asks people to care about more than one thing at a time, which defends the post rather than retracting it.
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Read the full caseIngrid Newkirk says José Andrés attacked PETA for asking Mallard to show consideration after the shooting
“Shame on José Andrés and Mallard restaurant, one block from the DC shooting. Out of respect for our mutual close neighbors affected by horrific violence just blocks away, PETA canceled its protest outside Mallard and appealed to the restaurant to cancel its foie gras dinner, too. Mallard showed its true colors by going ahead with a dinner celebrating defiance of DC voters’ decision to ban foie gras, while foie gras defender José Andrés attacked us for asking for that consideration.”Read statement
Michael Schaffer calls PETA's post the most tone-deaf statement about the Logan Circle shooting
“And the award for most tone-deaf statement about yesterday’s mass shooting goes to … PETA, which used the incident to slam a nearby eatery that had scheduled a foie gras meal for last night.”Read statement
José Andrés tells PETA it should be ashamed of tying the D.C. shooting to a foie gras dinner
“You should be so ashamed of this tweet……People dead and injured and you tweet this?”Read statement
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