Alec Baldwin isn’t completely happy about reside animals getting used within the Radio Metropolis Christmas Spectacular‘s Nativity scene.
In a letter written on behalf of Folks for the Moral Therapy of Animals (PETA), the actor and producer requested Madison Sq. Backyard Leisure Company CEO James Dolan to cease utilizing donkeys, camels and sheep as a part of the yearly musical present.
“The Christmas Spectacular already options extraordinarily proficient human performers, and reinventing the long-lasting present to be animal-free would carry it into the fashionable period and really align it with the Christmas spirit,” Baldwin wrote in a letter obtained by The Day by day Mail.
“Please make sure that this yr’s present would be the final that makes use of animals and provides this archaic follow a excessive kick out of your manufacturing and into the historical past books.”
Baldwin went on to notice that “Vacation shows and productions are something however merry for animals who are sometimes disadvantaged of every little thing that’s pure and essential to them.”
He confused that reside exhibits are dangerous for animals who’re pressured to be “hauled from metropolis to metropolis in cramped vehicles, saved in again room like props and subjected to loud sounds and disorienting lights.”
Baldwin additionally mentioned that the Daybreak Animal Company, which gives animals for movie, tv and different productions, has been cited by the US Division of Agriculture for allegedly denying the creatures requirements like clear enclosures, house and veterinary care.
In a assertion to The New York Publish, an MSG spokesperson denied that Radio Metropolis will get its animals from Daybreak Animal Company.
“The security of the animals within the Christmas Spectacular’s beloved ‘Residing Nativity’ scene is all the time our precedence,” the spokesperson mentioned. “Their well-being is important, and they’re supplied with distinctive round the clock care all through the present’s restricted run.”
