Hayden Panettiere Protests Dolphin Hunt

Hayden Panettiere, in addition to some fellow animal rights activists, drew shouts and even experienced some shoving from Japanese fishermen when they tried to interfere with a dolphin hunt. The six activists from the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd paddled out on surfboards to a cove in the town of Taiji in southwestern Japan on Tuesday to interfere with the annual hunt.

Fishermen on a boat approached Hayden Panettiere and friends 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. There did not appear to be any injuries. “This baby dolphin stuck its head out and kind of looked as us, and the thought that the baby is no longer with us is very difficult.”