Hayden Panettiere in violent confrontation with dolphin hunters
Plenty of celebrity types talk the talk when it comes to going green -- making speeches about vegetarianism, or claiming to save the planet by driving hybrid Hummers around LA. But how many are actually working to make a difference?
Hayden Panettiere is one actress who's taking action. She recently joined five surfers on a mission to stop Japanese fishermen from catching and killing local dolphins.
Apparently the activists paddled out on surfboards towards a group of captured dolphins, but before they could get close enough to free the pod, Panettiere and her companions were stopped by fisherman -- who kept the surfers back using their boat's propellers, then hit them with a boathook.
In the end, the group was unable to save the dolphins -- but I'm sure Panettiere's fans are more aware of this issue today than they were before.
To see a video of the ordeal, go here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-03-2007 @ 9:16AM
stefano said...
That's a good reason to boycott Japanese food products.
http://www.webyaa.com/category/environment
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11-04-2007 @ 1:45AM
Bud Why+Zer said...
This is a great reason to boycott all kinds of Japanese products, not just food. The Japanese still hunt whales, and dolphins. In Japan over that past few months there have been a large number of food companies who continue to sell food that has expired; food that contains different ingredients than advertised, and food that has bad chemicals. This is a huge problem in Japan, imagine what they are exporting! All in the land where quality is supposedly no. 1! What a joke!
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