Hayden Panettiere In A Violent Confrontation With Japanese Fishermen

It has been reported that Hayden Panettiere has been involved in a violent confrontation with Japanese fishermen as she tried to disrupt their annual dolphin slaughter.

Hayden apparently paddled out on a surfboard in an attempt to reach a pod of dolphins to stop them being driven into a nearby cove and killed.

It’s said that six surfers, from Australia and the United States, were intercepted by a fishing boat before they could reach the dolphins.

The fishermen apparently used the boat’s propellers to block their way and at one point struck out with a boathook. It was an ugly and potentially life-threatening confrontation that lasted more than 10 minutes before the surfers were forced to return to the beach.

Hayden who is a keen surfer and a committed marine conservationist and supporter of the campaign to save the Japan dolphins, said that “It was really frightening. Some of us were hit by the boathook. But in the end all we really worried about was the dolphins. It was so incredibly sad. We were so close to them and they were sky hopping, jumping out of the water to see us. One little baby dolphin stuck his head out and kinda looked at me and the thought that it’s no longer with us is really hard to take.”

The surfers drove straight to Osaka airport and left the country to avoid arrest by the Japanese national police.

What do you think of this do you agree with what the Japanese are doing?

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