HOLLYWOOD - Pamela Anderson is urging bosses at the American Humane Association (AHA) toreview their coveted seal of approval, given to film and TV projects, because
she doesn't think on-set animal treatment rules are strict enough.
The AHA gives films and TV shows the 'no animal was harmed in making this
film' stamp, and animal-loving Anderson feels it's time the rules were
tightened to prevent the exploitation and cruelty of creatures.
The actress became aware of the problems with the AHA's rules while she was
filming an episode of sitcom Stacked, during which producers proposed bringing
a live chimpanzee on the set.
She refused to shoot the scene and the chimpanzee was replaced by a robot,
but it gave her the chance to inspect the AHA's rules.
Anderson says, "The AHA doesn't inspect the living quarters of animals used
in film and television work. This means that a trainer could keep a chimpanzee
in a filthy cage for 23 hours a day and, before he arrives on the set, beat the
living daylights out of the animal to force him to perform certain behaviours
for a movie. The AHA would still say, 'No animals were harmed.'
"To compound the problem, the AHA Film & TV Unit is funded by
the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), which means that the industry the AHA is
supposed to be monitoring is also its source of support."
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