Pamela
Anderson
plans
to
open
a
strip
club
chain
called
Lapland.
The
former
'Baywatch'
actress,
whose
great-grandfather
was
Finnish,
has
been
touring
Finland
with
her
father
and
plans
to
pay
tribute
to
her
heritage
with
a
new
business
venture.
She
wrote
on
her
official
website:
"Our
heritage
is
here.
We
are
both
excited.
We
will
be
taking
lots
of
saunas.
Save
my
liver.
"Also
I
thought
of
a
great
way
to
celebrate
my
Finnish
heritage
at
home.
I'm
going
to
look
into
opening
a
chain
of
strip
clubs
and
I'll
call
them
Lapland!"
Pammie,
who
is
an
ardent
animal
rights
campaigner,
has
written
to
Finnish
President
Tarja
Halonen
and
begged
her
to
ban
fur
farms.
She
said:
"It's
time
for
Finland
to
move
into
the
21st
century
and
follow
suit.
"There
are
hundreds
of
fur
farms
here.
The
demand
is
getting
lower
for
fur
coats
and
they
breed
foxes
here
just
for
fur.
Awful.
Sweden,
Austria
and
England
have
banned
fur
farms.
Let's
hope
Finland
will
too.
Other
than
that
I'm
very
proud
of
my
Finnish
heritage.
It
is
the
most
beautiful
countryside." The
letter
was
distributed
by
PETA
(People
for
the
Ethical
Treatment
of
Animals).
Finland's
fur
auctioneers
have
insisted
Pammie's
campaign
is
unrealistic.
Paivi
Mononen-Mikkila,
a
spokeswoman
for
the
Finnish
Fur
Sales
auction
house,
said:
"It's
not
surprising
coming
from
her,
a
known
anti-fur
campaigner.
It's
really
not
realistic
as
so
many
people
earn
their
livelihood
from
the
fur
trade."
Finland
is
one
of
Europe's
biggest
fur
producers,
with
1,400
farms
producing
two
million
fox
furs
each
year.
The
president
confirmed
she
had
received
the
letter,
but
declined
to
comment.