PETA wanted to save a few turkeys this Thanksgiving — but ended up having a television network flip it the bird.

The animal-rights activists put together a holiday-inspired TV commercial which features a child playing the part of a turkey in a school play.

The child then goes off script to explain how turkeys are killed.

But Disney’s ABC network rejected it.

“We appreciate that the commercial does not, as you point out, contain sex, violence or profanity,” an ABC lawyer admitted in a letter to PETA.

“Nevertheless,” the lawyer continued, “we are concerned that some viewers, particularly as we enter the holiday season, could be disturbed by the graphic description offered by the child dressed as a turkey.”

A spokeswoman for ABC did not immediately respond for comment.

PETA, which gets its Thanksgiving ad rejected nearly every year, wanted the spot to run this week, it said, “when over 45 million turkeys are killed” and consumers are shopping for the holiday.