{"id":2375046,"date":"2026-04-15T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2375046"},"modified":"2026-04-15T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:46:11","slug":"peta-buys-madison-square-garden-entertainment-stock-in-bid-to-get-animals-out-of-christmas-spectacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/peta-buys-madison-square-garden-entertainment-stock-in-bid-to-get-animals-out-of-christmas-spectacular\/","title":{"rendered":"PETA Buys Madison Square Garden Entertainment Stock in Bid to Get Animals Out of Christmas Spectacular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-location=\"single-post-share\">\n<p>\t\t<button class=\"social facebook\" data-social=\"facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/media\/news-releases\/peta-buys-madison-square-garden-entertainment-stock-in-bid-to-get-animals-out-of-christmas-spectacular\/\" data-redirect=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/facebook-redirect.html\" tabindex=\"0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width: 100%;aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/themes\/peta\/build\/images\/svg-sprite.svg?v=1776172832#peta-svg-social-facebook\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"social-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Share<\/span><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share on Facebook<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<button class=\"social twitter\" data-social=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on X\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/media\/news-releases\/peta-buys-madison-square-garden-entertainment-stock-in-bid-to-get-animals-out-of-christmas-spectacular\/\" data-text=\"PETA%20Buys%20Madison%20Square%20Garden%20Entertainment%20Stock%20in%20Bid%20to%20Get%20Animals%20Out%20of%20Christmas%20Spectacular\" tabindex=\"0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width: 100%;aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/themes\/peta\/build\/images\/svg-sprite.svg?v=1776172832#peta-svg-social-twitter\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"social-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Post<\/span><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share on X<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"social linkedin\" data-social=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/media\/news-releases\/peta-buys-madison-square-garden-entertainment-stock-in-bid-to-get-animals-out-of-christmas-spectacular\/\" tabindex=\"0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"social-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width: 100%;aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/themes\/peta\/build\/images\/svg-sprite.svg?v=1776172832#peta-svg-social-linkedin\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"social-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Share<\/span><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share on LinkedIn<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"news-release-preamble\"><strong><u>For Immediate Release:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>April 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-release-preamble\"><strong><u>Contact:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>David Perle 202-483-7382\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"news-release-location\"><strong>New York<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>PETA has just purchased stock in Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSGE)\u2014the parent company of Radio City Music Hall\u2014and plans to use its shareholder status to convince directors and shareholders to stop using live animals in the nativity scene in the\u00a0<em>Christmas Spectacular<\/em>, which runs for months every winter. The scene subjects camels, donkeys, and sheep to disorienting lights and loud music\u2014and when they\u2019re not on stage, the animals are confined backstage\u2014some reportedly in the basement\u2014for\u00a0<em>months\u00a0<\/em>until they\u2019re shipped back to a facility that rents animals out for circus shows, which are notorious for beating animals and forcing them to perform tricks out of fear of punishment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-23.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1189611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-23.png 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-23-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A camel tied up backstage at Radio City Music Hall. Credit: PETA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA stage production in an unnatural environment, complete with lights and noise, is extremely stressful and confusing to camels and other animals who should never be treated like living props,\u201d says PETA President Tracy Reiman. \u201cNow that PETA is a stockholder, we will bring the issue straight to the boardroom and call on MSG Entertainment to leave animals out of the\u00a0<em>Christmas Spectacular<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PETA is also calling on the show\u2019s sponsors\u2014including\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.peta.org\/page\/90116\/action\/1?locale=en-US\">Chase, Lexus, and Verizon<\/a>\u2014to stop supporting the show until it ends the use of live animals. PETA points out that some of New York\u2019s most successful productions\u2014including Broadway\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Lion King<\/em>\u2014rely solely on brilliant puppetry and creative tech to bring animal characters to life.<\/p>\n<p>PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that \u201canimals are not ours to use for entertainment\u201d\u2014points out that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/every-animal-is-someone\/\">Every Animal Is Someone<\/a>\u00a0and offers free\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/every-animal-is-someone.pdf\">Empathy Kits<\/a> for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\"><strong>PETA.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or follow PETA on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peta\"><strong>X<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/official.peta\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/peta\/?hl=en\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1189610\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.peta.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareShare on Facebook PostShare on X ShareShare on LinkedIn For Immediate Release:April 15, 2026 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 New York \u2013 PETA has just purchased stock in Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSGE)\u2014the parent company of Radio City Music Hall\u2014and plans to use its shareholder status to convince directors and shareholders to stop using live animals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2375047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2375046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PETA-Buys-Madison-Square-Garden-Entertainment-Stock-in-Bid-to.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375048,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375046\/revisions\/2375048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}