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Hayden Panettiere stars in PETA campaign filmed weeks before her death

One of the last projects Hayden Panettiere filmed before her death has been released.

The actor recorded a campaign with PETA just weeks before her death, where she protested the captivity of whales, dolphins and other marine life at theme parks across the world.

“Can you imagine [the animals’] frustration, their trauma, their depression? All that is important and crucial for their well-being is ripped away,” says Panettiere as she sits in a bathtub.

Sharing the advert, PETA paid tribute to the Heroes actor who died last week, and said that the campaign was “one of the last acts of her short, impactful life”.