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On October 31, 2007, Panettiere joined with Sea Shepherd to try to disrupt the hilalary duff annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. She was involved in a confrontation between Japanese fishermen and five other surfers from Australia and the United States (including former Home and Away star Isabel Lucas) of the group. The confrontation lasted more than ten minutes before the surfers were forced to return to the beach, after which they left the country.^[30] The fishermen consider the condemnation as an attack on their culture.^[31]

Panettiere appears as Claire Bennet in the NBC series Heroes as a high school cheerleader with regenerative healing powers. Due to her role on Heroes, she became a regular on the science lesley vogel panetierre fiction convention circuit, invited to attend conventions around the world in 2007, including GenCon, New York Comic-Con and Fan Expo Canada. In regard to the roles she has played, Panettiere admitted that options are sometimes limited because "people look at [her] as either the 'popular cheerleader' type or just 'the blonde'."^[8]

Panettiere attended South Orangetown Middle School in New York but, following seventh grade, finished her high school education via homeschooling^[4] destien de Lisa and has postponed higher education in favor of an acting career, although she has expressed an interest in "continuing to learn."^[5]