Pamela Anderson is outraged over thighs and breasts--and every other part of the chicken carved up by KFC.
The former Baywatch beachcomber has called for a boycott of the fast-food giant, accusing Colonel Sanders' minions of "cruelty and injustice" toward its feathered friends.
And she's not even talking about how they serve 'em up for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
In a letter faxed to priszm brandz, a Canadian company that owns more than 760 KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and Taco Bell quick-eats establishments in the Great White North, Anderson says KFC tortures chickens before they even make it to that big red-and-white-striped bucket in the sky.
"If people knew how KFC treats chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick," she says in the letter dated Wednesday.
Specifically, Anderson, 36, a longtime activist for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, accuses KFC of gorging its poultry on hormones, and killing them by scalding.
"I am calling for a boycott of all KFC restaurants until my friends at PETA tell me that you have agreed to be kinder in your practices," Anderson concludes.
Anderson is the latest celeb to take on the chicken chain. Paul McCartney and music mogul Russell Simmons each lent his famous face to an open letter calling on KFC's U.S. corporate head to straighten up and fly right. In July, rocker Chrissie Hynde earned a ride to the local police station for her part in a demonstration outside a KFC in Paris (France, not Texas).
While Anderson's letter was directed to KFC's Canadian outpost, PETA's Michael McGraw said the boycott she called for is intended for Sanders stores worldwide. Anderson targeted priszm brandz because, like her, the company has Canadian roots. No word if priszm brandz's roots are natural, or touched up every two weeks.
In addition to being an animal-rights advocate, Anderson is a vegetarian. When asked if the actress, late of the Spike TV toon, Stripperella, wants anybody to eat at KFC, regardless of whether the company takes steps that PETA perceives as gentler, McGraw said the so-called "Kentucky Fried Cruelty" campaign wasn't about swearing off meat.
"In this case, we are simply asking KFC to follow the steps of Wendy's, McDonald's and Burger King," McGraw said.
That fast-food fun pack still serves up cluckers, but does so more to PETA's liking.
Reached for comment Friday, KFC spokeswoman Bonnie Warschauer did not directly address Anderson's beefs, but asserted that the chain "uses only the highest quality ingredients...We buy our quality [chickens] from the same trusted brands that you buy in your supermarket, like Purdue, Tyson and Pilgrim's Pride."
On its Website, KFC says it's "committed to the humane treatment of animals," and boasts of an animal welfare advisory council, complete with a professor of poultry science.
A spokesperson for priszm brandz did not return a call for comment late Thursday.
Anderson, meanwhile, always outspoken and sometimes unclothed for the animal kingdom (see: "Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" ad), has been especially rabid this month.
In addition to gunning for the Colonel, she socked it to Siegfried & Roy, calling on the Vegas act, reeling from a tiger attack on Roy Horn, to retire their big cats from show biz--for good.
"While Siegfried & Roy have always said great things about conservation (and done some things too), their show runs totally contrary to the message," she wrote on her Website on October 7. "Obviously, a bright loud stage is not an exotic animals' natural habitat. "
This week, she posted a column on chimps penned for Jane magazine, but not printed, she said, because it was "too hot."
"I've found that I have a lot in common with chimps," Anderson wrote, noting that, among other qualities, the primates are vegetarians and "spend much of their day grooming."
Only Anderson, however, was married to Tommy Lee. (As reported by E! Online)
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