We’re kind of loving Pamela Anderson these days.
First, the seriously ageless former Baywatch babe shared her love for Canada when we ran into her last week at the Producer’s Ball in Toronto:
“Canadians are really polite and grounded. Even though I’ve had my fun, wild, rock n roll career, I always have my roots to come back to. Canada’s my sanctuary,” she said when I asked what makes her most proud to be Canadian. And she seemed grounded.
Now, Anderson – a native of Vancouver Island – has added her voice to the growing list of those opposing the B.C. wolf cull. Anderson, of course, has been an honorary director of animal rights group PETA for years.
In an open letter to Premier Christy Clark, Anderson called for a better solution to the issue. And it’s a pretty big issue – 2015 figures released by the province indicate that 84 wolves were shot to death from helicopters between January 15 and April, the first year of a five-year plan to cull wolves.
The cull is part of BC’s attempt to save endangered mountain caribou.
“We all want to restore the populations of endangered caribou, but gunning down wolves is not the answer,” wrote Anderson. “For wolves, who usually mate for life and live in close-knit family groups, hunting can devastate entire communities.”
Anderson blames human overdevelopment of traditional caribou habitat for the current imbalance.
“Killing every wolf in the country won’t save the caribou if the animals have no protected habitat,” she wrote, and offered to meet with the premier to discuss the cull.
In the northern Rocky Mountains, four of seven mountain caribou herds are on the verge of elimination, with just 70 animals among them. Provincial officials say that the predation by wolves is hampering the endangered species’ recovery.
Even so, a mass extermination of the wolves doesn’t seem like the best solution.
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