NAMES IN THE NEWS : Bardot to Host TV Animal Show
Brigitte Bardot, the one-time screen sex kitten turned animal activist, is emerging from seclusion to be host of a four-part TV show about animal abuse.
Bardot said today she is “tired of fighting windmills” but decided to do the series anyway. The first part is to air May 9 and deals with trafficking in animals.
At a news conference, Bardot said she has not decided what animal causes the other three episodes will address: “There are so many (things) to denounce that we have difficulty with a choice.”
The first show will take viewers to warehouses near Bangkok, zoos in the Congo and hangars at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Since retiring from movies, Bardot has devoted herself to saving animals, most notably baby seals.
She conceded that previous efforts, like a TV series last year on animal rights, did little to improve the animals’ lot.
“If there’s no response this time, we’ll try to bring down the government,” she said with a laugh.
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