October 30th 2007
Hayden Panettiere Saves The Whales In A Bikini
Filed under: animals, campaigns — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 11:07 am
Hayden Panettiere was in was in Taiji, Japan earlier this week, protesting commercial fishing that kills hundreds of dolphins each year. The Heroes star came prepared to do battle by donning a bikini and brining, ahem, attention to the cause. From the article,
“Hayden Panettiere, star of TVs hit series Heroes, paddled out on behalf of Save The Whales Again! She expressed that she felt the spirit of the dolphins who had been driven into the killing cove over the last 400 years.
We had a moment of silence for all the dolphins that had been killed here, said Panettiere, who uses her celebrity to protect dolphins and whales. It was highly emotional. I wished for peace and for no more pain at this beautiful yet tragic cove.
The Taiji fishermen, who defend the kills as part of their traditional fishing culture, had planned to stop the ceremony through force and police arrest. The possibility of a locally led resistance was averted by a dramatic last-minute turnaround. Rastovich was able to broker a meeting with area locals less than 12 hours before the paddle-out crew arrived unannounced at the killing cove.”
Locally led resistance? Sounds intense! Kudos to Hayden for lending her celebrity to the cause. Click here to learn more about the organization.
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Nothing sexier than a young lady traveling halfway across the globe to save our fellow mammals. The fact that she is in a bikini and very attractive is a bonus. WAY TO GO HAYDEN. Just get out of that gasoline using Prius and into a Honda Civic GX, and you’ll show others in Hollywood that you’re informed which is really the “Greenest Car.” civicgx.com
She should focus her attention on helping people escape opperssion or violence. What is the relevance of her body, or her bikini? Would her actions be less laudable if she happened to be a fat, pastey 280 pound man? In general, I think people think so.
I just read that she STILL hasnt gotten rid of ther big SUV’s yet… she needs to set a little better example in my opinion.
your awesome and you and your friends are 100% in the right. the people going after the dolphins and whales are greedy ignorant pieces of garbage! i would really like to participate and confront them with you all. if you find time please e mail me and let me know how i can help in any way. keep up the great work. you are the true heroes
she is so stupid. maybe she should try helping real endangered animals, like the right whale or manatees.
its probably more wasteful and toxic to always be traveling around the world for superficial reasons.
the dolphins that they kill are over populating the shore, they are not killing endangered animals. she’s just looking for a way to gain more celebrity.
don’t get mad Jill because you ain’t fine like her!!!!!
Oh for goodness sake! It is just embarrassing to see serious points made by a woman in a bikini! As others have pointed out, there are far better things she could have done without travelling thousands of miles - giving up her SUV’s would certainly be a start.
Omg Hayden Rocks!
and for you poeple who donnt thinks she does well i dont see ur butt on the headlines ,infact even helping!
and who cares if they arnt endangered
they still are a living breathing thing
and its cruel to kill them!
sickish people!
and HAYDEN YOU ROCK
my project is on you!
your a true hero
and You rock!!!!
<3
you rock 4 that Hayden!!!!!!!
[...] I’m really hoping that Hayden doesn’t get married, have it annulled, get married again, have 2 kids less than a year apart, and have a melt-down any time soon. At least she’s got the whales. [...]
[...] Ecorazzi has reported over and over again Hayden loves her some whales, and so, in her continuous fight to protect the beloved [...]
She is making the idea of saving whales look good by looking good herself. I am glad that she is helping our environment
It’s a shame the bag she designed for Dooney & Bourke is leather. I take it she’s not up for saving cows.
[...] nation’s anti-whaling campaign. She was right alongside Hayden Panettiere last October when they paddled out on surf boards to stop a dolphin slaughter — and later found out a warrant had been issued by Japanese authorities for her arrest. [...]
Go Hayden.
You doing more then your detractors are doing, sitting here complaining on the internet while sitting on their butts in front of their computers.
to those of you, that sit there and snigger at the fact, that Ms Panettiere, a profesional actress (and as all of us a normal human being)shows some interest in our world’s marine bioligy or creatres of today does not give you one ounce, not even one milligram of ownership or right to judge her and say that she is doing wrong. people that have written or are going to write judgmental comments, ask yourself this, if you had the money that Ms Panettiere has at her disposal and had the passion that she does for the dolphins she shows interest in, would you not try n do your best in helping the cause to save a dolphin or two? although, your interest may no be the dolphins, it may be the bengal tiger or the lynx also known as the bob cat or another spicies of this great world’s unfortunate endangered animals but no doubt you would do your utmost to try n help the endangered species that you have a passion for (like Ms. Panettiere) to survive and not get killed or even culled. today’s society looks upon the celebrities and sports figures of the world today as their role modles, but deep down they’re just normal human beings like YOU and ME that are great at what they do and are lucky enough to get a world wide recognition for their talents i mean c’mon you dont see an exceptionaly outstanding school teacher receiving world wide recognition for the good they’ve done for the pupils or even a mechanic or a chef or an office worker getting the world wide recognition for the work theyve done do you its just because the celebrities are exactly that, celebrities…. some one that is in the eye of the public for his or her roles in world wide viewings or societies and just because they have that status they get judge for petty and every day things or mistakes that all people make by people that are sitting in glass houses for doing something about there passion or interest that if given the chance i feel any one of us non-world recognised celebrities would do as they have done and act upon our liberational will to fulfill our rights to protest and stand up to the bullies that act against the defenseless endangered or non endangered animals of this world. to top it off the hypocrites that judge this young woman about her passions and say “she is yet still driving or owning her SUV’S” take a look at your own lives and see how much of a contradictory statement you are making against her in the instance that you yourself are driving a polutionising car or leaving a light on leaving the ever elusive “CARBON FOOTPRINT” visible from your actions, yet the ever so judgmental people (that make these outrageous comments) can hide from the public viewing because you dont have that status that Ms Panettier herself has like most celebrities,you yourself should just be thankful that people out there that make that kind of money and are of the age that Ms Panettier is of are making the contributions spending their own time and money trying to save something for the simple fact that they are just doing as any of us right minded people that if ever given such an opportunity would do and save a living creatue. so to you psycophantics ot there, next time you even begin to judge some one for any thing think long and hard about what you are saying about that person and see how you haven’t done all that you can do about that topic your picking on because of whatever excuse you may have because they are the people that are sacrifising their own money and time THEY’RE the ones that are being recognised and unfairly or fairly judge for something that they’re doing something that feel is…..
RIGHT.
[...] ecorazzi [...]
[...] event commemorates the one-year anniversary of Hayden’s actions in Taiji, Japan, where she paddled out with protesters on surfboards to protect a pod of pilot whales who had been captured by fishermen for slaughter and for sale to [...]
[...] and the event commemorates the one-year anniversary of Hayden’s actions in Taiji, Japan, where she paddled out with protesters on surfboards to protect a pod of pilot whales who had been captured by fishermen for slaughter and for sale to [...]