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Justin Bieber’s hair helps rescued farm animals -- wait, what?

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Devoted friend to animals Ellen DeGeneres, a former PETA Person of the Year who was instrumental in the donation of a million servings of pet food to homeless animals through the U.S. Postal Service’s ‘Stamps to the Rescue’ campaign last year, has done yet another nice thing for animals in need.

It’s a strange one, and it involves Justin Bieber’s hair.

Allow us to explain. After the recent premiere of his new movie ‘Never Say Never 3D,’ the teen star cut his famous hair and gave it to DeGeneres to auction on eBay, our colleagues at The Times’ celebrity news blog Ministry of Gossip report. (The winning bidder, who hasn’t been identified publicly, also gets to meet Bieber the next time he appears on DeGeneres’ talk show.)

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Bieber’s hair brought in a staggering $40,668 in the auction, proceeds from which will benefit local farm-animal rescue charity the Gentle Barn. The charity, which houses more than 100 rescued farm animals at its Santa Clarita sanctuary facility, has been featured on DeGeneres’ show and is a favorite charity of the comedian and her wife, Portia De Rossi.

DeGeneres and De Rossi are both longtime supporters of animal-friendly causes; De Rossi has been a spokesperson for the feral-cat advocacy group Alley Cat Allies. Bieber is no slouch in the animal-loving department, either; he recently partnered with PETA’s youth division, PETA2, on a campaign to promote companion animal adoption.

MORE CELEBRITIES HELPING ANIMALS:
‘Cove’ star Ric O’Barry meets with Sting about Taiji dolphin slaughter
Paul McCartney asks India’s prime minister to declare a national Vegetarian Day

-- Lindsay Barnett

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