somebody call for a photo?
Posted on 02/14/2006 2:14:08 PM PST by presidio9
Pamela Anderson is turning her animal rights activism against the Kentucky Derby, saying her opposition to animal cruelty in all its forms means she can never go back to the world's most famous horse race.
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"It makes me want to avoid Kentucky altogether, which is sad because there are so many great people there," the star of the sitcom "Stacked" said in a statement released Tuesday by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Anderson, a PETA member who attended the Derby in 2001 and 2003, has previously been involved in anti-fur ads and in a campaign to raise awareness of what she calls abuse of chickens in processing plants that supply poultry to Louisville-based KFC.
"Like most people, I don't want to support cruelty to animals, whether it's forcing horses to race for our amusement or scalding chickens alive for our plate," Anderson said. "We have to be more evolved than this."
Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher last month refused Anderson's request to have a bust of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders removed from the state Capitol. Fletcher cited Sanders as a state icon and KFC called Anderson's attack a misguided publicity stunt.
That was followed by this month's announcement that KFC's parent, Yum! Brands, had been named sponsor of the Kentucky Derby, allowing the company to put its logo beneath the famed twin spires at Churchill Downs, on a sign above the starting gate and on billboards around the track.
Although her opposition to the Derby is not based on the Yum! sponsorship, Anderson did not look on it kindly. "I'm not shocked that KFC is sponsoring the Derby," she said, "it's greedy companies using poor animals all the way around."
A Churchill Downs spokesman said that although he disagreed with Anderson, he regrets that she will not be coming back to the big race.
"We would certainly love to welcome her back somewhere down the road," John Asher said.
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Well...she's use to getting something from a horse...maybe that explains it.
This opinion is almost as valuable as that Bianca Jagger's amazing diatribe..... I can hardly wait to hear what Charo has to say about podiatry.
Does she have any idea how those Derby horses are treated? It's hardly abuse, and goes beyond overindulgence.
Anderson Criticizes Kentucky Derby: "Not Skanky Enough!"
any pics?
She couldn't find Kentucky on a map.
"It makes me want to avoid Kentucky altogether, which is sad because there are so many great people there,"
I have a hunch all those great people in Kentucky aren't going to miss Anderson in the least.
If that is the way she feels about my state I hope she never come back.
This is what happens when you wear your brains on your chest.
somebody call for a photo?
STFU, you hideous, plastic airhead.
ROFL!!!!
What do you expect from a bunny????
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