Pamela Anderson has penned a personal plea to Vladimir Putin asking the Russian Prime Minister to help her ban the slaughter of baby seals in her native Canada.

The world leader was applauded by animal lovers for spearheading a ban on the hunting of young harp seals earlier this year.

“The Canadian government has refused to budge on this issue despite widespread protests and international bans on the trade in baby seal skins. I collected thousands of signatures myself and personally delivered the petition to parliament, to no avail,” Pamela wrote in her letter to Putin.

“You have been quoted as saying that seal hunting is ‘a bloody industry that should have been banned long ago’. Please use your influence with Prime Minister Harper to help us stop the senseless slaughter of baby seals once and for all.”