Heroes Star Hayden Panettiere breaks down over the killing of baby dolphins
Click play on the video below to see a graphic newscast of a very controversial annual dolphin killing tradition in Japan. Hayden Panettiere was one of the surfer protesters who went to try to stop this year’s slaughter. She broke down talking about the experience. Each year the tradition gains more attention.
How much longer can they keep this tradition going with the global political pressure mounting against it and the “scientific” whale slaughter?
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Posted on November 1, 2007
Filed Under Cultural Symbols, Current Affairs, Dolphins and Whales, Gossip | 21 Comments
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OMG poor baby dolphins. i would break down too. oh my god. thats so sad. i understand about hayden. she just loves animals to death and i dont blame her. i do too.
how do you get to watch the video because i can’t seem to find it????????????
To view the video, just click on Hayden. It’s a flash video, so it won’t work on a device such as the iPhone (at least not at the time of this comment).
i hope the dolphins will live thour the pane and will forgive us
OMG THAT IS SO FRICKIN SAD !!!!!!!!!!!
that is so nasty killing baby dolphins and what have they eva done to us accept from if we were drowning or suttin they wud save us we wouldnt like to be just killed would we sum stupid people shud just think about that.
Jeez…why do they still do this? Traditions? oh, RIGHT. Samurai was a tradition to and they got rid of THAT. And they’re KILLING something here. This is wrong.
I love dolphins! this is sooooo sad, when i get out of college with a degree in marine biology i will sooooo help those poor dolphins out. those people are selfish beacause y do they need more food then they already have????? they got veggies, fruits, dogs, cats bugs, tec. but killing dolphins? did u know that in the next 30 to 40 years dolphins will be gone forever? u can guess why.
I am a 50 yr old man all in tears right now. I dont know if I can stand tormenting myself daily with these images because my heart sinks. Why the HELL can the unified countries not fight this?? With all the $$$ governments are wasting daily, politicians are arrogant, lazy and will not stop this cruelty. I wont buy Japanese!!!
What the heck??? A TRADITION??? What kind of tradition is killing dolphins for no reason??? Grrr… next year, I want to be there protesting. But really??? Why would killing innocent, beautiful animals ever be CONSIDERED a tradition??? Do they thinks it’s FUN to kill things??? Honestly, if they want to kill things, they should kill themselves. Atleast the dolphins would be happy.
what?………………………
how could you kill a poor little baby dolphin for no reason how would you feel if we had to kill a human baby every year you wouldent liek that so i say take a stand against thsi until it goes away
that is not good to kill dolphins. They need to live a good life. Be happy with there family.You people how kill dolphins suck.
poor dolphins
i thnk that they should stop killed the dolphins…shame on the japans…
to save dolphins go to http://www.thepetitionsite.com...../724210624
So long, and thanks for the fish.
First of all, the dolphin killings don’t even compare to the amount of cows and chickens that are killed every day in America. Not to justify dolphin killing, but everyone needs to make sure they have thought it through before they openly criticize. Secondly, the dolphin killing has brought on much attention and the Cove which was the documentary about the dolphin killing in Taiji has won awards so it has definitely been getting much more attention. And last, it is not all of Japan that are hunting dolphins so you cannot categorize an entire country for what one town in that country is doing.
I doubt anybody disagrees with your points, E. Nobody thinks that half of Tokyo takes a week off every year to kill dolphins. Japan is a huge country with diverse local and economic customs. People in the US have a different cultural attachment to dolphins and whales than cattle. Some attribute it to the dolphins’ intelligence; others believe dolphins and whales are important to protect because of some of the individual species’ scarcity. Still others have anthropomorphized the animals to the point that they feel like the people in Taiji are murdering their own family members. Slaughter of any animal is gruesome. Do people care? Yes, some do. Most are happy to forget.
Really? I mean seriously people need to think sometimes. Because maybe dolphin may be good but do they think killing and butchering the dolphins are fun.? I dont know what goes on in their minds but i think it is sooo rude to do that to all those dolphins, and there my favorite animal. So im not going to Japan or any other place that kills them. Its so disrespectful
hi my name is shelby lynn i think guys were so brave for what oyu did what they are doing my look ok to them but in the eyes of america its not but by one little step at a time we will advenaly get it to stop but not only that the whale kiling as well but animal abuse in jenral i you did not take a little step yo guys took one huge and grately thanked step thank oyu for you time
sincerly
shelby lynn