February 15, 200620 yr Pamela Anderson Criticizes Kentucky Derby Feb 14, 5:16 PM EST Pamela Anderson is boycotting the Kentucky Derby. The 38-year-old actress, who is an animal rights activist, says her opposition to animal cruelty in all its forms means she can never go back to the famed horse race. "It makes me want to avoid Kentucky altogether, which is sad because there are so many great people there," Anderson 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 been involved in anti-fur ads and 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." Last month, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher 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. KFC's parent company, Yum! Brands, was recently named presenting sponsor of the Kentucky Derby. The company will 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. Heh. KFC is owned by a company called YUM! Brands, one of the last phrases that comes to mind in connection with their food. Gotta' love when celebrities suddenly find their "calling" in activism. So, two years after attending the event it's suddenly "wrong." She woke up one day and decided, "Hey, like um wow, using animals in any form is wrong. Especially since this girl is just a puppet in the hands of Peta (credit: Sandrimbuto for the original reference).
February 15, 200620 yr Who cares about billions of people starving around the world, but horsies get sat on and raced for a mile are just reprehensible.
February 15, 200620 yr I bet she was part of the Free Tibet movement too. I guess it's on to the next fad movement for celebs....
February 15, 200620 yr I bet she was part of the Free Tibet movement too. I guess it's on to the next fad movement for celebs.... Tibet>>>chickens
February 15, 200620 yr I bet she was part of the Free Tibet movement too. I guess it's on to the next fad movement for celebs.... I guess that would either be Kaballah or Scientology.
February 15, 200620 yr Heh. KFC is owned by a company called YUM! Brands, one of the last phrases that comes to mind in connection with their food. Gotta' love when celebrities suddenly find their "calling" in activism. So, two years after attending the event it's suddenly "wrong." She woke up one day and decided, "Hey, like um wow, using animals in any form is wrong. Especially since this girl is just a puppet in the hands of Peta (credit: Sandrimbuto for the original reference). I can't explain the going to the derby 2 years ago and now protesting it, but she's been an animal rights activist for ~15 years ever since she was in her prime on Baywatch and probably before, this is nothing new for her. She was doing this before it became "cool" for celebrities to be an activist in something.
February 15, 200620 yr She's probably banging some Peta dude. And I would have said pawn, not puppet. I'm a chess nerd I guess. Who cares about billions of people starving around the world, but horsies get sat on and raced for a mile are just reprehensible. Horses that wouldn't even be alive were it not for horse racing...
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