hayden_georgetown.jpgLast Sunday, after the speaking in the “Save the Whales Again!” campaign rally in Dupont Circle (Washington DC), the “Heroes” actress spoke yet again about commercial whaling in the Gaston Hall of Georgetown University. Hayden Panettiere is with actor Pierce Brosnan and Australian star Isabel Lucas in fighting for whales in this campaign. Jeff Pantukhoff, executive director of the Save the Whales Again! Campaign, joined the actress at Georgetown, asserting that there is much work left to be done. In her speech, Hayden Panettiere said,

“For years, people have been combating [whaling]. But within a day, with that footage we got [from Japan], it helped astronomically. Seventy-seven percent of Japan is opposed to whaling and 75 percent of Americans are opposed to whaling, but the governments just don’t represent what the people want”

Hayden Panettiere also said she came to Georgetown to make younger people aware of this problem and to elicit their support. She said,

“A college campus is where young people are. And that’s what I’m trying to do is get the word out to young people.”