Alec Baldwin, PETA send letter demanding Radio City Music Hall stop using live animals in Christmas show

Alec Baldwin is feeling sheepish about live animals taking the stage at Radio City Music Hall this Christmas season.

The “30 Rock” star fired off a missive at the folks putting on the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” asking for 2023 to be the last year that live animals are used in the iconic holiday production’s Nativity scene.

In a letter written Thursday on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Baldwin asked James Dolan, the CEO of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation, which owns the venue, to stop using donkeys, camels and sheep as part of the yearly musical show.

“The Christmas Spectacular already features extremely talented human performers, and reinventing the iconic show to be animal-free would bring it into the modern era and truly align it with the Christmas spirit,” Baldwin wrote.

“Please ensure that this year’s show will be the last that uses animals and give this archaic practice a high kick out of your production and into the history books.”

Baldwin, 65, noted that other productions, including Broadway’s “The Lion King,” have been able to work around having any live animals actually take the stage.

“Holiday displays and productions are anything but merry for animals who are often deprived of everything that’s natural and important to them,” he wrote.

The “Boss Baby” actor emphasized that live shows are often stressful for animals, who are forced to be “hauled from city to city in cramped trucks, stored in back room like props and subjected to loud sounds and disorienting lights.”

According to Baldwin, the Dawn Animal Agency, which provides animals for film, television and other productions — and which the “Christmas Spectacular” organizers have “worked with for decades” — has been cited by the US Department of Agriculture for allegedly denying the creatures necessities like clean enclosures, space and veterinary care.

“No production should want to be associated with such cruelty,” Baldwin argued.

A spokesperson for MSG denied that Radio City gets its animals from Dawn Animal Agency.

“Mr. Baldwin is incorrect in his assumptions,” the rep told The Post on Sunday.

“The safety of the animals in the Christmas Spectacular’s beloved ‘Living Nativity’ scene is always our priority,” the spokesperson said. “Their well-being is critical, and they are provided with exceptional round-the-clock care throughout the show’s limited run.”