Pamela Anderson Stages KFC Protest 7/10/08

Pamela Anderson staged an animal rights protest outside a KFC eatery in Australia on Thursday (10Jul08) - after discovering her guest spot on a reality show was part-sponsored by the fast food chain.

The former Baywatch star has been criticized for her decision to take part in the Australian version of Big Brother because of the show's links to KFC, a company Anderson has previously accused of animal cruelty.

But the strict vegetarian insists she had no idea the program was sponsored by the fried chicken restaurant, calling it a "coincidence". Now the blonde bombshell has staged a protest outside a Sydney-based KFC outlet - and even compared her time on the show to the battery chickens who are allegedly farmed by the company for their meat.

She told Australian reporters, "I've been in Australia filming Big Brother House, in which my housemates and I are confined and sealed off from the outside world, much like the chickens who are crammed inside barns for KFC.

"Fortunately, I won't be stomped to death, have my legs broken or be scalded to death in a tank of hot water, yet as PETA's (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) undercover videos have revealed, the chickens raised for KFC's restaurants in Australia often suffer these abuses."