Ellen DeGeneres becomes a virtual seal (Pro Environment)

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Ellen DeGeneres becomes a virtual seal (Pro

Environment)

 

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10/10/2006

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before she takes on the Oscars,

Ellen DeGeneres is going to frolic with some coastal

wildlife.

The 48-year-old comedian will become a virtual seal

who heads up an environmentally conscious flock on the

California Bay as part of a new website.

 

" I just think (seals) are adorable, " she said. " I've

always loved animals and I want to do anything I can

to help. "

 

DeGeneres is lending her famous name to Dawn Saves

Wildlife, a Web-based program to educate visitors

about how they can help save the environment and

protect aquatic animals from pollution.

 

Site visitors can become virtual pelicans, penguins,

ducks or seals and form " flocks " with their friends as

they learn simple sea-saving steps such as recycling

used motor oil and disposing of cooking grease in

sealed containers.

 

The site aims to reach one million visitors, said

DeGeneres, who will host the 79th Academy Awards gala

on February 25.

 

" All these things are so easy, " she said, " that if we

all did them, it would make such a huge difference. "