An animal rights activist says she is still open to having a dialogue with a Toronto restaurant owner who made international headlines after he carved up a deer’s leg in front of protesters last week.On Saturday evening, animal rights protesters reappeared outside Antler Kitchen and Bar, a game-themed restaurant that serves wild deer, boar and bison, for the sixth time.“I don’t consider this protest as an attack on him or an attack on his business,” Marni Ugar told the Star on Sunday morning after Saturday evening’s protest outside the Dundas St. W. restaurant.Read more:Protesters say restaurant owner made show of eating meat in response to animal rights demonstrationAnimal rights activists were protesting outside the restaurant last week when the restaurant owner, Michael Hunter, responded by carving and eating deer meat in the front window.The protest featured a banner that said “Murder” in large, hot pink letters, and a sign that said, “Animals are not ours to use.” One demonstrator, Len Goldberg, had a sign that read “please add vegan steak to the menu.”“This story has since become about the deer carving but I still want to have dialogue,” Ugar said.“This protest is about speciesism. A pig is killed and slaughtered to be eaten but no one says anything. If the restaurant were killing dogs, people would be angered. On dogs we put booties and a jacket and cuddle with it.”Ugar said she chose to protest Antler last winter after she saw a board outside the restaurant that said “venison is the new kale.”The protest and Hunter’s response attracted a spirited response on Twitter, where many mocked the protesters and congratulated Michael Hunter.Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt tweeted “Next time I’m in Toronto, I’m dining at Antler.”Another poster, Big Bad Gorilla, wrote: “They just made Antler the most famous restaurant in Toronto ...
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