Purrs to Selma Blair for volunteering to walk dogs and foster needy animals from The Lange Foundation, an animal shelter in Los Angeles. Let Selma know that her compassion earns her “two paws up.” Write: Selma Blair, c/o Troy Nankin, BWR, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Fl., West Tower, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Grrrs to TNT analyst Charles Barkley for his witless comment, “A meal is not a meal unless there’s meat in it,” during an NBA playoff game. Tell Barkley that more than 17 million vegetarians throughout the United States disagree: Mr. Charles Barkley, c/o Glen Guthrie, P.O. Box 11624, Birmingham, AL 35202.

Grrrs to eBay for contracting out space to MercadoLibre.com, Inc., an international site that hosts live animal auctions—eBay prohibits live animal listings on its own site. Ask eBay to urge MercadoLibre.com to set a similar policy: Pierre M. Omidyar, Chair, eBay, Inc., 2145 Hamilton Ave., San Jose, CA 95125;
tel.: 408-558-7400; fax: 408-558-7401. Please also tell MercadoLibre.com to stop live animal auctions immediately: Marcos Galperin, CEO, MercadoLibre.com, Inc., Thames St., #121, 2nd Fl., San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1609; e-mail: info@mercadolibre.com.

Grrrs to Elizabeth Hurley, who recently told the magazine Heat “Every day of my life, I’ve wanted a hotdog. I could eat seven right now. I could eat a bacon sandwich every day, too. I like piggy.” We’re certain that if Ms. Hurley read about the shocking abuse exposed by PETA’s pig farm investigations, she’d can her craving for pig parts. Encourage her to check out GoVeg.com to learn more. Write: Elizabeth Hurley, c/o Karin Smith, Simian Films, 3 Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JE U.K.

Purrs to Ashley Judd for telling reporters that her catsuit in the upcoming Catwoman movie will be a sexy synthetic. “It won’t be leather,” she says. “I love animals, so it will probably be pleather or some other animal-friendly material.” Please send thank-yous to Ashley c/o Annett Wolf, Wolf-Kasteler, 335 N. Maple Dr., Ste. 351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.