At a young age, Croatian-born “ER” hunk Goran Visnjic was smitten with the sea.
“I spent all my childhood on a boat,” the actor gushed Wednesday.
So it was easy enough for the International Fund for Animal Welfare to snap him up and have him represent one of its pet causes — whales — this week in Washington. The actor told Yeas & Nays many people he meets don’t realize whaling is still a problem in the world and that a big concern is that countries may be allowed to, again, commercially whale.
“People think that if it’s not happening in the states, it’s not happening in the world,” Visnjic said.
He, along with actress Joely Fisher of the TV show ” ‘Til Death,” is preparing members of Congress, like Del. Eni Faleomavaega, D-American Samoa, in advance of an upcoming International Whaling Commission meeting in June where the issue of commercial whaling will be discussed.
And for fans who might like to see the actor and actress in action, Visnjic and Fisher will hang out at the Georgetown location of Vineyard Vines on Thursday as part of the store’s Tied to a Cause campaign.
The logo for the preppy clothing company is an embroidered whale, and during May, Vineyard Vines is selling custom ties and tote bags and donating the proceeds to IFAW’s Tails for Whales initiative. The actors will be on hand from 6 to 9 p.m.
