I’m glad it’s Friday cause this next story will just about fill our crazy quota for the week. In a fit of furry former Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson to a few moments from her gig as host of a Helsinki music festival to forward a note to Finnish President Tarja Halonen. In the letter featured on the Peta homepage Pamela says:
“As a person of Finnish descent, I am thrilled to be visiting Finland. I’ll be there for this weekend’s Rauma Festival. Although I am proud of my heritage, I was disappointed to learn that Finland kills more foxes for their fur than just about any other nation on the planet. My friends at PETA tell me that 4 million animals are raised and killed on Finnish fur farms every year. In this day and age, violence is not an export that any country should be proud of. Maybe you’ve never thought about it, but from the moment they are born to the moment they die, animals on fur farms suffer tremendously. After months of being confined to crowded, filthy cages, animals on fur farms are killed by suffocation, neck-breaking, or genital or anal electrocution. Sometimes these crude killing methods only stun animals, and they end up being skinned alive. As you are no doubt aware, Austria and the UK have banned fur farms, and Holland is phasing out fox and chinchilla farming. It’s time for Finland to move into the 21st century and follow suit. President Halonen, will you please make the compassionate and progressive decision to ban fur farming in Finland? I look forward to your response regarding this important matter.”
President Halonen’s response? Silence for the moment, but a rep from the Finnish Fur Sales auction house told reporters “It’s not surprising coming from her, a known anti-fur campaigner. It’s really not realistic as so many people earn their livelihood from the fur trade.”
It’s doubtful that Anderson’s letter will do much to stop the fur industry in Finland, but just like with everything else she does Anderson did manage to keep the spotlight focused on her and hopefully educated a few as to the evils of the fur trade. You at least have to give her credit for trying to make the world a better place.
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