Pamela Anderson has penned an open letter to Enda Kenny, in a bid to stop animal cruelty.
According to the Irish Times, the Baywatch star has asked the Taoiseach to support a nationwide ban on wild animal circuses, and revealed that she’d share a pint of Guinness with him if he took action.
The Prohibition of Wild Animals in Circuses Bill 2017 was recently put forward by Paul Murphy TD, and now the Hollywood starlet, who is full-time vegan, is backing the bill.
“Circus animals never benefit from the luck of the Irish. Instead, they’re denied everything that is natural and important to them,” she wrote.
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“They spend their lonely lives constantly on the move, transported in cramped conditions, and shackled or caged for hours on end. And they don’t perform tricks such as jumping through rings of fire or dancing on their hind legs for fun — but out of fear of punishment.”
“Most decent people see animal circuses for what they really are: cruelty. Consequently, I was very pleased to hear, towns and cities across Ireland are overwhelmingly passing motions to ban them from public land.
“I hope Ireland seizes this opportunity to implement a national ban and joins the growing list of countries that have banished this archaic form of so-called entertainment.
“I would love nothing more than to visit your beautiful country and raise a glass of Guinness (I hear it’s vegan now!) with you when that day arrives,” she added.
Animal rights charity PETA, who named Pamela Anderson as their Person of the Year in 2016, revealed on Monday that Arklow, Dublin city, Galway, Kildare town, Monaghan and Waterford have already banned wild-animal circuses, joining similar bans in the Netherlands, Austria and Croatia.
The Prohibition of Wild Animals in Circuses Bill 2017 seeks to introduce a ban on the use of wild animals in circus performances and to make it an offence to train these animals for exhibition.
Speaking in the Dáil earlier this month, Paul Murphy argued how wild animals such as lions, tigers, elephants, zebras, and camels could not live a quality life in the circus.
“The evidence shows animals in circuses suffer from long-term psychological and physical problems as a result of being held in such conditions. They are often kept in caged wagons and small enclosures.
“They are regularly forced to perform unnatural and bizarre acts and are denied the space, climate and social interactions that wild animals need. The practice of having animals in circuses is in and of itself inherently cruel,” he added.
