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Brigitte Bardot ashamed of French government

Wednesday, 26 July 2006

Brigitte Bardot ashamed of French government and may leave France for Sweden

Brigitte Bardot, an animal rights activist and anti-fur protester, has announced that she is considering leaving her home country of France to live in Sweden because it is more sympathetic to matters she campaigns about.

"To the contrary of [Greta] Garbo, who left Sweden to finish her days in the US, perhaps I will leave France to finish my days in Sweden, since today I feel much closer to Swedish sensitivity than to French insensitivity," Brigitte Bardot is reported to have said.

Brigitte Bardot, who currently runs a foundation for animal rights, has just written to the Swedish Prime Minister, Goran Persson, saying that his nation is one of only a few "that takes into consideration animal well-being".

Brigitte Bardot also condemned the French government for attacking Sweden's proposal to introduce new European Commission rules on conditions for raising minks.

"The intervention of my government makes me ashamed," Brigitte Bardot said.

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