Heroes star Hayden Panettiere loves the whales. As you recall, she went letter-to-letter with the Japanese government over its country’s practice of killing whales and dolphins for human consumption. She argued mercury-filled whale meat is not healthy for humans to eat and killing whales is wrong. Hayden also had an incident with fishermen in Japanese waters. Then she recently held a DC rally to raise more awareness.
Like her Heroes character, her activism can’t be killed. Hayden is continuing her fight online. She just released this video:
So she wants us to join SocialVibe.com and sign the Whaleman Foundation petition to save the whales. She will then personally deliver the petition to the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
The IWC is an international body that studies and issues decisions about whaling. However, it does not have the power to enforce its rules. Countries voluntarily join the commission and have the right to object to any ruling. By objecting, the country signifies it is not under the objected IWC-decision.
Do you think the practice of killing whales for human consumption should be illegal? If you do, will you sign Hayden’s petition? Will you spread the word and help her reach her 1 million signature goal?
Do you think this petition, delivered by Hayden, will be effective in convincing countries to stop whale killing? If you don’t, what would be a better strategy?
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