She put her life on the line in ‘The Cove,’ the Oscar-winning documentary about the killing of dolphins. Now Hayden Panettiere is back for more, and we have your first look.

It’s Hayden’s return to the notorious dolphin killing cove in Taiji, Japan.

“Because of how beautiful it is and how bright and sunshine-y it is, and the fact that the last time I’d seen the waters they were covered in blood, and there were pilot whales caught in nets… the fact that this time there weren’t, it lifted me up a little bit,” Hayden tells ET of her recent visit to the exotic and infamous site. [SEE THE REST HERE]

Hayden was at the premiere of “The Perfect Game”. Pictures are in the gallery.

Hayden Panettiere, along with her boxer boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko, joined the activists in the Japanese town, Taiji, where a mass killing of whales takes place every year, to demand an audience with the mayor and representatives of the local fisheries union.

However, Panettiere was denied entry into Taiji’s town hall by two officials and had to leave disappointed without her request being fulfilled. She is the spokeswoman for the Save the Whales Again! campaign.

She stated that they wanted to peacefully come up with better ideas on how to generate income and utilize the natural resources there. She expresses that they had come to Taiji before and it was a beautiful place that was rich in wildlife. She reveals that they only wanted to have a peaceful conversation with the officials.

This is not the first time that the actress is in Japan to protest against their ocean hunts. In 2007, the local authorities issued an arrest warrant against her as she joined protestors in the area. [source]

Hayden Panettiere descended on the Japanese village of Taiji yesterday to call for an end to its annual dolphin hunt. Hayden even has a solution for any economic losses if the hunt is nixed.

“I’d love to be a spokesperson” for the village and “help generate tourism,” said the Heroes star, who was accompanied by her world-champ boxer bf, Wladimir Klitschko. [SOURCE]

Scans from the January 2010 issue of SFX have been added to the gallery.