Hayden Panettiere Saves Dolphins, Cries for Them

This week, Hayden Panettiere was one of six members of the group Sea Shepherd to travel to Japan to save whales, dolphins, and other marine life that have been abused and killed by local fishermen for profit. You can click this link to see Hayden in a bikini saving the dolphins earlier in the week. Sounds really nice, pro-social, and heroic for the little heroine to do good things in real life... but I don't think the Japanese fishermen in the area share those same feelings with me. The Associated Press reports:

Fishermen on a boat approached the activists and ordered them to leave, shoving some of them with a long pole. An angry fisherman later shouted in the face of one of the protesters on the road above the cove."

If that's not bad enough, Hayden later showed concern for a baby dolphin that she feared may have been killed. Specifically, The Associated Press further reports:

"This baby stuck its head out and kind of looked as us, and the thought that the baby is no longer with us is very difficult," Panettiere, who stars in the NBC show "Heroes," said after coming ashore."

Damn. A cute, innocent girl like Hayden expressing concern and eventually crying (as shown in the video above) for harmed dolphins. Wow. It's sad, but why do I have a sudden rush of attraction towards her? Is it just me, or is this the damn cutest thing you've ever heard!? But it just gets even sadder when they describe the methods used to kill the dolphins. The Associated Press further explains:

Coastal dolphin hunts usually involve herding groups of the animals into a cove using sonar equipment, or by banging metal rods in the water, creating a sort of acoustic barrier. The mammals are then trapped using nets and divers are sent in to kill them.

So I guess Hayden really is heroic, and cuter than ever crying about hurt dolphins. Aww, I'll save the dolphins for you Hayden. I'll go right up to those mean Japanese fishermen and simply tell them to stop. They'll be so utterly intimidated by how unbelievably handsome I am, they will mistake me for a pagan god and immediately stop their evil doing.

Then, as the local villagers bring me back ashore atop their shoulders chanting in praise, Hayden will see the extraordinary display of heroism and instantly fall in love with me. Then we'll go do it "All Night Long" just like Lionel Richie wanted us to.

11.02.07 at 03:21:15 PM