PETA is calling the cancellation of NBC 's `` Animal Practice '' a victory . The network announced on Tuesday that it would not be renewing its contract with animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA waged a protest against the freshman comedy , saying trained animals are often removed from their mothers in a `` traumatic way , '' undergo `` physical abuse '' during the training process and worried the sitcom might encourage people to buy monkeys as pets . ' NBC will replace `` Animal Practice '' with `` Whitney '' next month .
PETA is calling the cancellation of NBC 's `` Animal Practice '' a victory . The network announced on Tuesday that it would not be renewing its contract with animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). NBC will replace `` Animal Practice '' with `` Whitney '' next month .