(EW.com) -- With NBC canceling veterinarian comedy "Animal Practice," activist group PETA is declaring "victory." "PETA's staff are celebrating today in response to news that NBC's 'Animal Practice' has been canceled," the organization said in a statement. "The cancellation of 'Animal Practice' sends the strong message that using animals for cheap laughs on TV shows is archaic and uninteresting to today's viewers, who are sophisticated enough to know that not only is putting a monkey in a lab coat not funny, it's also cruel." NBC cancels 'Animal Practice' Yes, thank goodness that Crystal, the most pampered monkey on the planet, has been rescued from employment with a cast of comic actors in Hollywood (on a series that, if anything, idolized the animal kingdom).
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PETA is calling the cancellation of NBC's "Animal Practice" a victory
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PETA claims 40,000 members wrote to NBC and the show's advertisers
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NBC will replace "Animal Practice" with "Whitney" next month
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