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Pamela Anderson stirs Juno Awards with seal hunt protest (Agencies) Updated: 2006-04-03 16:44

Pamela Anderson opened JUNO awards with a speech on the East Coast seal
hunt.
Pamela Anderson kicked off Sunday's televised show gushing about the Canadian
music scene, but quickly turned to her political views on the East Coast seal
hunt.
"I don't mind a little blood on the ice when it's a hockey rink, but I hate
seeing blood on the ice when it's from baby seals," Pamela Anderson said.
Hundreds of thousands of baby seals will be clubbed or shot this year
alone¡ªan annual harp seal slaughter subsidized by the Canadian
government. 95% of the harp seals killed are less than 3 months old. This
year¡¯s government quota is 325,000 seals, one of the highest since the hunt
began.
Many seals will be left to die under the ice while some baby seals may even
be skinned alive. Scientists agree that the size of this hunt puts the harp seal
population at risk.
"I have high heels and they dig in deep," Pamela Anderson added when audience
booed her.
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