OlderHayden Panettiere to Lead Whale Rally
Hayden Panettiere will lead a rally against a resumption of commercial whaling at 1 p.m. this Sunday, January 27, in Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle. The event kicks off a whirlwind trip to the Nation’s Capital for Hayden, who will later speak with policymakers and students to encourage increased whale protection.
The 18-year-old Heroes star is a spokesperson for the Save the Whales Again! campaign, which is calling on the United States to stand up for whales at the International Whaling Commission and take diplomatic and economic action against whaling countries. After the rally, she will speak at Georgetown University. On Monday, she will meet with representatives from the embassies of Japan, Norway and Iceland to question their outdated whaling practices.
“Whales face increasing threats from climate change, ship strikes, entanglement in nets, and chemical and noise pollution, yet Japan, Norway and Iceland continue to kill them in increasing numbers,” Hayden said. “I am looking forward to talking with officials who actually make and carry out our policies, as well as fellow young people who will be voting in the upcoming election—I want our voice to be heard.”
On Tuesday, Hayden will speak at a 1 p.m. press conference hosted by House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Chair Nick Rahall (D-WV). She will be joined by Rahall and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) in urging the US Government to reinstate its former leadership role protecting whales from commercial slaughter. An evening reception with Members of Congress and their staff is the final stop on her trip.
JOIN HAYDEN AND SAY “NO” TO COMMERCIAL WHALING!
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I’m sorry, I don’t mean to sound like a pessimist, but i would love to see how she plans to stop whaling. She is dealing with some very rich and powerful countries here..
Go save some starving humans instead.
i like hayden n at least she isnt makin a fool out of herself all the time like certain other peeps that i wont mention……………..
hayden is doin a gr8 job and i totally agree with wat she is doing!!!! the whales nedd help….they are intelligent and beautiful creatures and i hope the killin of them will STOP!!!!!
She cares about animals, and what she is doing for the whales is really nice. At least she does SOMETHING for a threatened spezies.
@Evelyn: Dr. Albert Schweitzer: Ethics consists in the compulsion to show toward the will-to-live of each and every being (and this INCLUDES animals) the same reverence as one does to one’s own.
Every populist starlet pretends to save starving humans and adopts children. Overpopulation is the biggest THREAT of our times and the focus of so called humanitarian help should be on birth control, not on short-term feeding programmes as part of the vicious circle.
Sorry, I don’t think she really cares. She will do whatever she needs to stay in the media and this is a sure way to get press.
And will she “question” those countries’s outdated whaling practices? What is her authority and expertise on the subject ? Being famous as a barely legal tv actress is not enough.
so cute
Lipstick hasn’t been made with whale parts in many years. And there are many, many cosmetics made with no animal testing. Ask Natalie Portman, or Stella McCartney.
If you’re going to hate on someone, instead of speculating that they will wear whaleskin boots, why don’t you start by looking in the mirror and finding out why so much hate and anger in your pathetic lost soul?
You are a LOSER, who resents winners like Hayden Panettiere!! Hayden is a wonderful role model — a young woman who is doing somethin meaningful with her life.
What a wonderful
I must agree with Helena and Mark. Whaling is indeed a cruel and truly outdatet practice, but i don’t think it will help the cause if a barely outgrown girl speaks to the ambassadors. I mean for christ sake, I don’t think Norway cares what USA have to say (one of the richest and liberal countries in the world, they have never liked America), and Iceland that make their living of whaling..
I’m with #15.
I carnt help but thinking that shes only in this for the publicity im sorry i just carnt
WHALES ARE DOOOOMED I TELLSYA! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!! HAYDEN SAYS SO, IM GOING TO MY FALLOUT SHELTER NOW EAT SOME TUNA NOW! BYE
i love her so much…
but she looks old, not like a 18 year old girl…
she’s more like 20 something…
Good for her. Still dislike her as an actress and style icon, but I can never really dislike someone who does good for the world.
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Hayden don’t listen to some of these comments as some ppl don’t have feelings and heart that you do.
It’s a very good thing what you are doing and the dolphin swim was very couragous. Well done to you and keep up the good work for the BEAUTIFUL sea animals.
Too bad that whales are being championed by such an annoying girl.
She really knows how to use her popularity saving the animals!! Soo cute and pretty!!
She’s a ****, that’s it.
Bravo pour la censure tss Y____Y
lol #37
It a positive way for her to get publicity. She would be wise to do some research before she does any speeches, because her audience will ask questions. Hopefully, we will no longer see pictures of her smoking cigarettes and drinking while partying with Paris Hilton.
lol at #43/44…
t’as qu’a essayer un truc plus subtil…du genre…B ! T C H !
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#13 and #27, why don’t YOU go help people if you are complaining. I am so sick of people like you who begrudge animals in need. Animals need to be saved and protected just as much as humans, and need all the support they can get. Go Hayden!! You are awesome!! I will give all my spare change to animal groups like this.
lol at all of these people saying she love animals.
Tell us that when we get another picture of Hayden in her brown leather boots!
hypocrites.
i don’t want that tramp on my campus, who gives a **** about whales anyways?
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