Mar 30 2009
Hayden Panettiere will be visiting Sydney, Australia on April 1 to rally support from Aussies, urging them to sign the "Save the Whales Again!" petition at SocialVibe.com and to oppose any negotiations that will legitimize commercial whaling and overturn the existing moratorium. Hayden will be delivering the petition to the International Whaling Commission at their meeting this June in Madeira.
Hayden Panettiere
"This is the easiest way for people to make a big difference in our fight against commercial whaling and the Japanese dolphin drive hunts. All we need people to do is go to http://www.socialvibe.com and sign the petition," Hayden said. "Please help us reach our goal of 1 million people and help us stop this cruel and needless slaughter."
Since the whaling moratorium went into effect in 1986, over 25,000 great whales, including endangered species, have been killed by Japan, Norway, and Iceland while Japanese fisherman have killed hundreds of thousands of dolphins and small whales in their coastal drive hunts.
Recent studies have shown that whale and dolphin meat is loaded with Mercury, DDT, PCB's and other contaminates making it unsafe for human consumption.
Hayden has been a supporter and spokesperson of The Whaleman Foundation since 2005. In February 2007, she, along with several of her "Heroes" co-stars officially launched the Foundation's "Save the Whales Again!" Campaign. Her now famous first swim in Taiji, Japan to protest the dolphin drive fisheries later that year established her as a champion of the cause.