Hollywood stars always seem to be getting involved in politics. Whether it is Madonna speaking out about global warming or Angelina Jolie visiting refugee camps.
Recently ex Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, who is an active member of PETA, wrote a letter to Mumbai City officials after Mumbai High Courts said that stray dogs in the city should be killed. She said "I was very concerned to learn...that dogs that live on the streets of Mumbai may be caught and cruelly destroyed... killing stray dogs is not a permanent solution to controlling their populations". She went on to state that "mass sterilization of stray animals is the most viable solution to nuisance and health concerns in addition to being more humane".
Although no officials commented on the letter and no further action in regards to the strays has been taken, there are already several sterilization programs in the city and they haven't been helping. The stray dogs continue to roam the street and pose a threat to the safety of its people. People had mixed feelings about Pamela Anderson's letters, one man said "Ethically it may not be right to kill dogs but who is Pamela Anderson to get involved in Mumbai's issues?" He had a point, the offensive part being that instead of worrying about concerns in the U.S. regarding animals, she wrote to another country and interjected there. It's kind of annoying Pamela Anderson, since India boasts its own PETA members who are more than able to get the job done. These people include Celina Jaitley, John Abraham, and Jiah Khan, amongst many others.
So what do our readers think? Is it right for an American entertainer to interfere in the animal rights issues of India? Or should she just leave it to those who actually live there?

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at least somebody cares; pamela's right, the only way to solve the problem is to sterilize the population NOT KILL THEM
i mean, PETA is PETA. it's a universal organization. if she's in it and sees something unethical occurring, she has full rights to voice her concerns. the well-being of all animals (dogs, in this case) is the issue here, so it really doesn't matter where she's from. India's PETA is capable of speaking out, yes, but they haven't on this issue, obviously. So what's the problem if Pamela does?