SEX symbol Pamela Anderson has written to President Thabo Mbeki asking him to intervene in the abuses of the young elephants from Tuli in Botswana, now held near Brits in the North West. Writing on the letterhead of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), Anderson said she had believed the abuses of African animals was “a thing of the past. Sadly the capture, shackling and repeated beatings of the Tuli elephants proved me wrong.”