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"An animal lover since childhood, Hayden Panettiere is using her star power to help prevent her favorite marine animals from becoming extinct.\r\n\r\nIn the September issue of Conde Nast Traveler, the 22-year-old Scream 4 actress explains why she became a spokeswoman for the Whaleman Foundation, which fights to protect whales and dolphins from climate change, pollution, entanglements in fishing nets and the expansion of whaling.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m an activist who&amp;apos;s aware of what&amp;apos;s realistic to achieve and what&amp;apos;s not,&amp;quot; says Panettiere, who appeared in the Oscar-winning film The Cove.\r\n\r\nUsing social media platforms to raise awareness, Panettiere says her approach is simple: &amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;apos;t waste my time going straight for the jugular -- I&amp;apos;m not going to preach to people to not eat meat. The Whaleman Foundation&amp;apos;s goals are achievable, and they make sense.&amp;quot;\r\nPanettiere, who first became involved with The Whaleman Foundation in 2005, joined documentarian Louie Psihoyos to film the nighttime slaughter of dolphins for The Cove.\r\nPHOTOS: Who Wore It Best? (Pets Edition)\r\n&amp;quot;We knew we were up against a huge obstacle in Taiji,&amp;quot; she tells Conde Nast Traveler. &amp;quot;In the course of the slaughter, I saw a species in need. The trip inspired me to continue the fight.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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