It's Pamela Anderson's birthday today- so we take a look back at her work for animal rights after years of being vegan.
Pamela Anderson
One of Anderson's main areas of focus has been against the use of fur. In 1999 she was awarded with the first Linda McCartney Memorial Award for animal rights protectors to recognise her efforts in the campaign.
In 2003, she stripped down for PETA's 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur' campaign. She also posed naked with other protestors in 2006 in a window display for Stella McCartney's boutique in London. She said she would take her clothes off if they raised enough money for PETA which they did.
Andrerson also released a letter to back up PETA in their campaign against KFC; she said; "What KFC does to 750 million chickens each year is not civilized or acceptable." And later made a video exposing the treatment of the chickens used for the well-known brand.
In 2006, she even asked that a bust of Colonel Sanders (the founder of KFC) be removed in exchange for her own bust- but it was refused. She then opted to boycott the Kentucky Derby as it supported KFC.
In the same year, she campaigned to stop seal hunting and requested to speak with Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the annual seal hunt but her request was denied. Instead, she petitioned people on the street for their thoughts on the Canadian Seal Hunt. In 2009, she was photographed in a T-shirt that had a seal pup on it. This was also featured in a campaign for PETA. She was captured next to the headline 'Save the Seals'. The ad asked that people come together in an effort to stop 'Canada's annual seal slaughter'.
Later she collaborated with PETA to target the juice maker POM and the company stopped testing on animals as a result.
Happy Birthday Pamela!
Source: IMDB
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