Brigitte Bardot sends PM Kopacz letter on cruelty to geese
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
15.12.2014 09:59
French actress Brigitte Bardot has written an open letter to Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz over the treatment of geese in the country.
Photo: wikipedia/S.Ilyas
Bardot, who is heavily involved in the fight for animal rights through her Brigitte Bardot Foundation, wrote that certain practices on Polish farms – including the collection of down feathers from live geese – are inhumane.
In her letter, Bardot argued that the country should “ban these heinous and unacceptable practices.”
A similar letter was sent to Hungarian PM Viktor Orban after Bardot watched a news documentary.
“French television broadcast terrible images, shot on Polish and Hungarian farms, showing live geese being plucked in dirty and revolting conditions,” wrote a statement on the Foundation’s website.
“This barbaric operation, which causes severe injury and extreme suffering to birds, can be repeated up to four times a year!” (rg)