Brigitte Bardot Criticizes Egypt’s Plans To Cull Pigs To Stop Swine Flu
Written by Vegetarian Star on May 3rd, 2009 in Actresses, Animal Issues.
Brigitte Bardot is the latest celebrity to get in on the debate between pigs and swine flu.
The actress turned animal rights activist has publicly denounced the Egyptian government’s plans to cull 250,000 pigs to help combat the swine flu epidemic, which some have linked to factory farming of the animals.
In a letter to Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, Bardot wrote:
“Taking advantage of the global hysteria over the propagation of ‘Mexican’ flu, which has nothing to do with animals, in order to launch a campaign to exterminate pigs raised by a destitute section of the population is extremely cowardly.”
via contactmusic.com
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