Eva Mendes gets naked for a furry good cause

Memo to Santa: a fur coat, hat or scarf is definitely NOT on Eva Mendes' Christmas list.

She's the latest lovely to bring her sexy back to PETA's infamous anti-fur ad campaign, "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur." Past celebs to bare it all include Alicia Silverstone, Christina Applegate, Christy Turlington, Kim Basinger and Pamela Anderson.

In an interview with PETA.org, Mendes says her new dog inspired her to get involved with the organization. "He's not only made me a happier girl, he's made me much more sympathetic to animal rights. I look at my beautiful dog and think, 'Of course I'd never eat him or skin him for his fur, so why would I be OK with eating a cow or wearing a cheetah?' "

She and her new BFF are learning to speak each other's language. "He's fully trained and all his commands are in French. So I'm learning French and he's learning Spanish."

Eva bemoans the recent resurgence of fur in fashion circles."Some people still see wearing fur as glamorous and a sign of prosperity. Personally I think wearing a baby chinchilla says 'I'm ignorant' vs. saying 'I'm a badass.' I want people to know that there are options, that killing a poor animal and wearing it isn't cool. But respecting all life forms is cool. Very cool."

Look for Mendes in the upcoming crime thriller "We Own the Night." The film, set in the late 1980s, is about two brothers on opposite sides of the law. She plays the girfriend of a club manager (Joaquin Phoenix) involved with the Russian mafia, whose brother is a cop (Mark Wahlberg) targeting the Mafia for drug involvement.

Photo Courtesy of PETA.org's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campagin, shot by Don Flood.

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