Jumbo win for Bardot's death row elephants
Jumbo win for Bardot's death row elephants
France's Council of State on Wednesday granted a reprieve for two elephants who had been ordered to be put down because of a suspected tuberculosis infection, to the delight of Brigitte Bardot and other animal rights campaigners.
Bardot, who had threatened to quit France for Russia if Baby, 42, and Nepal, 43, were put to sleep, called for the pair of pachyderms to be put into the care of her animal welfare foundation.
"They are old ladies," Bardot said in a statement welcoming the ruling. "Now we have to find them a suitable place, take care of them if necessary and leave them in peace."
Baby and Nepal have faced an execution order since last year, when municipal officials in Lyon decided they had almost certainly been infected with TB and warned they could be a threat to the health of other animals and visitors to the Tete d'Or zoo in the city.
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