***SHOWBIZZ***

HAYDEN PANETTIERE AND HER DOLPHIN-LOVING CREW ACTUALLY GOT INTO A SERIOUS CONFRONTATION WITH JAPANESE DOLPHIN SLAUGHTERERS:

It turns out that HAYDEN PANETTIERE and her dolphin-loving friends did a little more than just paddle out into a Japanese cove where dolphins are captured and slaughtered and say a little prayer.

They actually tried to reach a pod of dolphins that were about to be slaughtered. . . and ended up in a pretty heated confrontation with Japanese fishermen as a result.

The fishermen actually took their boats out and intercepted the surfing party. They even turned the boats so that their PROPELLORS were blocking Hayden and her fellow activists.

One fisherman tried to ward them off with a BOAT HOOK. . . which, according to Hayden, some of them were actually hit with.

After the confrontation, Hayden and her friends left Japan IMMEDIATELY, so they wouldn't be arrested for messing with the fishermen. . . since, under Japanese law, what they do is totally legal. (--Check out a British news report of this chaos here. . .)

(--WARNING!!! Especially to animal lovers: There's some brief, but graphic, footage of dolphin slaughter in this clip. . .)

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=843_1193927344

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"Martian Child"

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