Eva Mendes Speaks Up For Peta

Eva Mendes Fur Trade Exposé

Eva Mendes has some advice for holiday shoppers this season: Leave fur on the racks. To drive the point home, the screen siren hosts PETA's new fur industry exposé, which includes the latest investigation of fur farms and markets in China, the world's largest fur exporter.

Mendes debuted her new PETA video today, in Hollywood. Says Mendes,

"Millions of animals are killed for their pelts each year. … The thing is, I didn't always know how animals were killed for their fur, and I even wore fur once myself. But when I learned how cruel the fur industry is—and that there are no laws protecting these animals—I swore that I'd never wear it again. Please join me today as we go behind the scenes of the international fur trade, and find out how you can look glamorous without supporting animal suffering."

Mendes is among dozens of celebrities—including Charlize Theron, Christina Applegate, Roselyn Sanchez, Pamela Anderson, Nia Long, and Christy Turlington—who have joined with PETA to speak out against fur.