Hayden made a splash Sunday at a downtown Washington, D.C., demonstration that called for a stop to whale hunting.
Hayden, speaking without notes, told the crowd, “Not only are these animals being cruelly slaughtered, the meat is contaminated by huge levels of mercury,” reports The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column.
Continued Panettiere at the rally: “And we’re not taking a stand because Japan is one of our biggest allies in the war on terror, but Australia is an ally and they’ve told Japan what they think, and good on them!”
Panettiere told People magazine she’s a “huge animal lover. I don’t trust people who don’t love animals. I’ve got two dogs at home, Penny Lane and Madison. They’re both rescue [dogs], so they’re mutts. And I have a cat, Raleigh. I pulled him out from behind the dryer when I was 12. He had his foot stuck in a pipe and I pulled him out.”
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