Pamela Anderson to free Florida chimps

Pamela Anderson to free Florida chimps
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London, Mar 14 (PTI) Actress Pamela Anderson is campaigning to free apes kept in "squalid' captivity in the US state of Florida. Anderson has teamed up with animal rights campaigners and written an open letter to Florida Governor Charlie Crist, targeting 'road-side zoos' in the state, where she claims chimpanzees and other animals are kept in inadequate enclosures, reported the Contactmusic.Com.

The actress said that an incident like the chimpanzee attack in Connecticut in February this year which left a woman maimed is just waiting to happen.

Anderson - a regular campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) - wrote," With so many frustrated great apes stewing in squalid facilities in Florida, it is only a matter of time before a similar tragedy strikes your state. PETA and I appeal to you to take action to prevent Florida's roadside zoos from keeping great apes and to ensure that these intelligent primates are transferred to approved sanctuaries to live out the remainder of their lives in suitable surroundings." The former "Baywatch" star will be in Florida to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Animal Rights Foundation.

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