London, March 27 (ANI): ‘Heroes’ star Hayden Panettiere was recently turned down for a meeting with a local mayor in Japan when she along with a group of environmental activists demanded to abolish the nation’s yearly dolphin hunt.

Panettiere visited the historical town of Taiji with her boxer boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko, where dolphins are annually slaughtered on a large scale. She wished to meet the Mayor and the people from the local fisheries union, reports The Daily Express.

However, the actress was left disappointed when she was prevented from entering the town hall of Taiji.

Panettiere is a spokeswoman for the Save the Whales Again! Campaign.

“We are trying to peacefully come up with better ideas as to how to generate income and utilize the nature here,” she said.

She added: “We’ve been to Taiji before and it’s a beautiful place with beautiful wildlife. We just wanted to have a very peaceful and relaxed conversation (with officials).”

Panettiere had earlier visited Japan in 2007 to campaign against the same cause when a warrant was issued for her arrest. (ANI)

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