Blake Shelton fans, who have been enjoying the singer/avid hunter’s hilarious Twitter feud with animal rights group PETA for several weeks now, got sad news the other day: @officialpeta (the group’s Twitter account) has blocked Blake, which means he can no longer get their messages to mock. It appears that in the Blake vs. PETA showdown, PETA blinked.

He announced the news Thursday via Twitter, of course:

blakeshelton: Well… I think we all knew this day would come…. You may want set down… I’ve been blocked by PETA!!!!!

Blake started mocking the group’s pro-vegan, anti-fur messages in July, with such comments as:

officialpeta: Only animals should wear fur!
blakeshelton: Yeah, but they hide all the meat under there!!!! Dipshit…..

officialpeta:That’s right, there’s nothing funny about BBQing cats:
blakeshelton: Ha! Ha! Sorry but when you say it like that it is damn funny! Ha!
officialpeta:Meat is Murder!
blakeshelton: Yes, delicious murder….

officialpeta:Victory! Aussie designer Alannah Hill gives bunnies a break
blakeshelton: Awesome! Is she just cutting off the parts she needs?!!!..

And the group even seemed to encourage his interest, at first.

officialpeta: Hey we love your interest!
blakeshelton: Thanks! I do try to take care of animals… I always make sure there cooked just right!!!

However, it seems they decided to stop beating a dead horse (sorry, I couldn’t help the anti-PC idiom!) and give up on trying to convert or at least educate Blake, who proudly displays animal heads on his walls and tweets about lookng forward to hunting season.

But don’t worry, Blake rant fans, it appears he has two new targets: peta2 and environmental group Greenpeace. Let the next tweet battle begin!

Vicky Dobbin is a country music lover in Falls Church, Virginia. Read her blog at http://www.lovemycountrymusic.com