PETA Releases Hayden Panettiere’s Final Dolphin Ad 2 Weeks After Filming
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 18
PETA Releases Hayden Panettiere’s Final Dolphin Ad 2 Weeks After Filming
3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 18
Summary
Tuesday’s YouTube release shows Panettiere in a bathtub setup and urging viewers to stop buying tickets to marine parks that keep dolphins and whales in small tanks.
The animal-rights group said it filmed the campaign in late July, roughly two weeks before the actor’s unexpected death Sunday at age 36.
PETA framed the posthumous ad as a tribute to Panettiere’s animal advocacy, saying supporters should honor her memory by refusing to visit captive marine-animal facilities.
That message extends activism she pursued at 18, when she confronted dolphin hunters in Taiji, Japan — footage later appeared in the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove.