The Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis who dated George Clooney from 2009 up until June this year, has posed naked for animal rights group PETA to show support for their long-running anti-fur trade campaign 'I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur'.

"I decided to go nude because I think that nudity always creates a big reaction," Canalis says. "That is what is required to keep people's attention on such a brutal practice…These poor animals are electrocuted, skinned alive, drowned, and bludgeoned just for the sake of fashion." she said.

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Canalis is about to raise her profile further by appearing in US series Dancing with the Stars alongside chat show host Ricki Lake and actor David Arquette.

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