Pamela joins seal-hunt protest
Actress wants to meet PM after Juno awards

Angela Pacienza, Canadian Press
Published: Wednesday, March 29, 2006

TORONTO -- Pamela Anderson has become the second bombshell actress to speak out against the East Coast seal hunt.

Anderson has asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper to meet her to discuss the issue following her hosting duties at Sunday's Juno Awards in Halifax.

"As a proud Canadian who frequently travels abroad, I am alarmed that people are starting to see Canada as a country more beholden to a pack of greedy hunters and to the seal-skin 'fashion' whims of a few countries than to the massive international outcry against the hunt," Anderson, a vocal member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said in a letter to Harper.

She said she's collected thousands of signatures via an online PETA petition protesting the hunt.

Anderson, who is from Ladysmith, said she wants to visit Ottawa on Monday to meet Harper.

The seal hunt, which started last weekend, has attracted celebrities Paul McCartney; his wife, Heather Mills; former French movie star Brigitte Bardot; and singer Morrissey.

Show organizers say they don't expect the two-hour program will become a political affair, despite the rising chorus from celebrities against the seal harvest.

"I don't think it's [Anderson's] intention to politicize the Juno Awards," said producer John Brunton.

But, he said, "It's a live show. Who knows what people will say?"

Harper has repeatedly defended the seal hunt, saying that Canada is the victim "of an international propaganda campaign."
© The Vancouver Province 2006