The network's other defining show, "Emergency Vets," focuses on the animals rushed to the Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Colorado.

"Emergency Vets," a high-adrenaline half-hour show on Animal Planet, began its fourth season last Monday.

While it frequently provides high drama, "Emergency Vets" is a family show, with nearly a quarter of its audience under the age of 12.

I didn't mind when, on Animal Planet's "Emergency Vets," the kindly doctor put a fiberglass patch on a hole in the shell of a little boy's box turtle.

I watch "Emergency Vet" and cry; it's like "E.R." with animals.

"Emergency Vets" is a new prime-time series on Animal Planet, the fledgling cable television channel whose stars, for the most part, walk on four legs and tend to shed.

Emergency Vets is a reality television series that airs on the U.S. cable network Animal Planet.

At its peak of popularity, Emergency Vets alternated with The Crocodile Hunter as Animal Planet's most popular show.

Emergency Vets featured a mix of surgeons, general practitioners, specialists, veterinary technicians, and Alameda East's annual class of 4-6 interns per year.

An episode of Emergency Vets entitled "Fitz's Day" showed snippets of his stand-up act.