Pamela Anderson PETA Ad Banned in Canada - Sexy or Sexist?

by Beth Cooney Fitzpatrick (Subscribe to Beth Cooney Fitzpatrick's posts)
Posted Jul 15th 2010 at 4:55PM

Here''s the beef: Pam Anderson's banned PETA ad. Photo courtesy of PETA

Call the Mounties! Ads featuring a nearly naked Pamela Anderson touting vegetarianism for PETA have been banned from public display by Montreal officials in her native Canada, Us Weekly reports.

The animal rights activist, a British Columbia native, flew to Montreal to promote her provocative new PETA ad on July 15. In it, the surgically enhanced actress wears a skimpy, periwinkle string bikini with her body parts tagged like butcher-shop meat and marked "rump," "breasts," "feet," "shoulders," etc. The logo reads: "All Animals Have the Same Parts -- Have a Heart. Go Vegetarian."

PETA claims public officials described the ads as sexist and, at the last minute, denied a permit to unveil the ads in a public reception at Montreal's Place Jacques-Cartier.

"In a city that is known for exotic dancing and for being progressive and edgy, how sad that a woman would be banned from using her own body in the political protest over the suffering of cows and chickens," Anderson said in a statement.

"In some parts of the world women are forced to cover their whole bodies with burkas -- is that next? I didn't think Canada would be so puritanical."

City official Josee Rochefort informed PETA that he could not grant a permit for a public event because "it goes against all the principles public organizations are fighting for in the everlasting battle of equality of men and women."

Our translation: We don't give a slice of Canadian bacon about Anderson's meaty agenda.

PETA spokesperson/Senior Vice President Dan Mathews also lambasted Montreal's refusal, saying, "I think that city officials are confusing 'sexy' with 'sexist.'"

The activists told StyleList the ads will now launch at a private party at Restaurant Globe.

Here's hoping they don't show the PETA video in which Anderson stripped to encourage fans to ditch meat. That ad got banned stateside in 2009 by the CNN Airport Network.

Meanwhile, read how first lady Michelle Obama unwittingly ended up in one of the controversial animal-rights organization's anti-fur ads.

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cezzwho, 7-19-2010, 8:48AM

So far, PETA hasn't used one person to pose naked that isn't a narcissistic exhibitionist that wouldn't use any excuse to pose naked anyway. These are all stupid women, many who are photographed in fur later in the year in Europe. How many people does Naomi Campbell have to injure by throwing things at them before you think she's maybe not the best spokes-ho? Everytime I see one of these ads it makes me more certain I will never go vegan. Aside from Fred Grandy, I don't know any so-called vegan that isn't a drug abuser.

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Rickrak, 7-19-2010, 10:15AM

Why do we even acknowledge PITA. They are a bunch of wackos. They only eat vegetables and wear plastic shoes.
They think animals are people too. I think they were too young when they saw the Bambi movie.
I will stop my car to move a turtle off the road. I love and respect nature too. But, I will eat the little booger when he gets big enough. Sorry got to go, the bacon is almost done!

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Carolyn, 7-19-2010, 11:18AM

IF you anti vegan people thought about things you'd realize the first cave people HAD to be vegans as they didn't know about fire yet. I'm not saying I'm a 100% vegan but do you realize how much land/water to get the grass that these cattle eat to raise ONE cow/steer. We are running out of water so I surely hope when it comes down to it YOU anti vegan people will NOT want ANY water so I and my animals can drink. Yes PETA people are a little over the top but so are the politicians yet the STUPID american public keeps putting the SAME crooks BACK in office over & over & over.

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polkabob, 7-19-2010, 2:25PM

Carolyn,

Early cave people did eat animals. They just ate them raw. Did you ever see a lion or even a wolf, polar bear, whale or any meat eating animal kill prey and fire up the grill before they chowed down? I don't think so. And according to you, it takes a lot of water to keep animals going. Well, if we eat an animal, that's just that much more water saved. Go back to eating your carrots and leave us meat eaters alone. Burger King here I come.

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Brandy, 9-07-2010, 9:01PM

PETA...what a joke....and so is Pam Anderson...so she poses, once again, with no clothes on, it's not like people haven't seen it all before, she's old news. This cause is a good one for her, they are all brainless idiots...

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jane, 9-08-2010, 12:02PM

not a thing wrtong about this for any thinking intelligent person. it is similar -but far less of the female bod is seen- to an HIV campaign in France years ago.

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