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    Billboards target BBQ festival

    Posted on August 25, 2023

    Chamber officials were “shocked and outraged” this week when an animal-rights group closely tied to PETA sponsored billboards in Taylor County falsely claiming the “Smokin’ in the Pines” BBQ Festival “can lead to cancer of all kinds.” The Washington, DC-based group promotes a plant-based diet, opposes eating meat and any research involving animals.

    Taylor County’s popular “Smokin’ in the Pines” BBQ Festival has drawn the attention of a radical national animal-rights organization that has sponsored two billboards along Hwy. 19 warning that the annual festival can lead to “all kinds” of cancer.

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