PAMELA ANDERSON'S PETA CHIMP BATTLE

Pamela Anderson

Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is joining forces with animal rights campaigners in a bid to free apes kept in "squalid’ captivity in the state of Florida. Anderson has 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. The famous star warns a tragic accident, like the chimpanzee attack in Connecticut in February, that left a woman maimed, is just waiting to happen. Anderson, who is a regular supporter for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) - writes, "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." Sexy Pamela, is heading to Florida to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida.

EVA MENDES HAPPY NAKED WITH PETA

Beautiful Eva Mendes is happy to be back in favor with the fur activists at People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals after upsetting them with a fur coat faux-pas. The actress is PETA’s latest poster girl, baring all for a saucy new ‘I’d Rather Go Naked… Than Wear Fur’ campaign, shot in New York City. Mendes even admits she was more than happy to strip for the billboard, which she unveiled in Los Angeles on Thursday, after learning she was off PETA officials’ naughty list, where she landed after wearing a fur coat to a 2003 movie premiere. She said, "I was so floored by what they said that I said, ‘I promise I will never do it again.’" Mendes actually likes the idea of appearing naked on huge billboards in America’s leading cities. She tells online blogger Marc Malkin, "It’s very tasteful. It’s all in fun. It’s got a flirtatious, fun spirit about it. It’s not like come hither or anything like that."