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Pamela Anderson Protests Whale Penis Leather SUV

Last month we wrote about the Russian-made $1.5 million Monaco Red Diamond Edition luxury armored SUV, featuring gold and diamond accents and an interior upholstered in whale penis leather. The unnerving upholstery is apparently in tribute to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who had whale penis leather aboard his yacht the Christina. Now pneumatic actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson, Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Federation have complained to Dartz, the company responsible, causing them to ditch plans for any whale genitalia to be used in making the insane vehicle. We can't imagine anyone but the Prince of Brothels would ever buy one anyway. Dartz's Leonard F. Yankelovich has now issued an unintentionally hilarious apology of sorts, in Russian-inflected English:

"We have no ideas to kill the whale or something like that," he insists. "All we want - to make just luxury car. Real luxury car which will be world number one car. We just looking for most expensive products for this car - and that's why we choosed whale penis leather when we checked it is most of most. After wave of protest we realised our mistake and make a decision not to use natural leather at all. We will focus on world most advanced nanotechnologies to achieve interior highest quality using artificial materials which also was never used for cars. We want to tell our hello to all whales: 'Our Sea Brothers! We all know that earth are stand on three whales - we will keep You live! We don't want Earth fall down to Ocean!'"

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Chantecaille La Baleine Compacts

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Cosmetics and Fragrance

The latest beautiful compact collection from cosmetics company Chantecaille celebrates an animal not often associated with beauty products, the Blue whale. The La Baleine collection is currently available on pre-order from Neiman Marcus and will go on sale nationally in March. The eight-item collection includes the gorgeous face and eye compacts shown above. Five percent of the proceeds goes to to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), to help protect the high-seas, an area that accounts for more than 45 percent of the earth's surface but that is currently unprotected. The compacts sell for $98 each.

Past Chantecaille collections have celebrated Bengal tigers, fish and butterflies.

Gallery: Beautiful Chantecaille Compacts

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Tags: chantecaille, compacts, cosmetics, la baleine, LaBaleine, whales

Save the Whales Again, Charity of the Day

by Star Sutherland (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Charity, Green, Charity of the Day

Save the Whales Again! is a campaign that was initiated by two charities that are working together, The Whaleman Foundation and the Animal Welfare Institute. The Animal Welfare Institute, was established in 1951 and started the original "Save the Whales" movement. Their mission has always been to "reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans". The Whaleman Foundation is an oceanic research and conservation organization dedicated to preserving and protecting dolphins, whales, and their respective habitats. Together these charities are vowing to once again save whales and dolphins from what threatens them today (toxic pollution, noise pollution, global warming, loss of habitat, lack of food, over fishing, entanglement in nets, ship strikes and expanding whaling). The urgent efforts begin after Japans recent announcment that they plan on doubling the number of whales they kill each year and that they are going to be killing fin and humpback whales both of which are endangered! Shortly after Norway and Iceland followed suit with similar horrifying announcements! With many celebrities backing the movement (Pierce Brosnan, Hayden Panettiere..) Save the Whales Again has been successful thus far in getting Japan to delay their slaughter until next season. With much work still ahead of them Save the Whales Again is counting on the help of citizens worldwide, visit their website to learn what you can do. There are many ways you can take action, writing a letter, signing a petition or making a phone call to world leaders to voice your concern are just a few.