Fishermen jostle 'Heroes' star in dolphin-hunt protest

'Heroes' TV star Hayden Panettiere and fellow animal rights activists drew angry shouts and some shoving from fishermen in Japan when they tried to interfere with a dolphin hunt, video footage shot by the protesters showed.

'Heroes' TV star Hayden Panettiere and fellow animal rights activists drew angry shouts and some shoving from fishermen in Japan when they tried to interfere with a dolphin hunt, video footage shot by the protesters showed.

The six activists from the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd paddled out on surfboards to a cove in the town of Taiji in south-western Japan on Tuesday to interfere with the annual hunt.

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