Brigitte Bardot, "'I became aware of the horror of factory farming", interview for Primorske novice (November 2009) reported by European Vegetarian and Animal News Alliance (EVANA) website.

All these animals are put in cages, never see the sun or grass, and they leave this hell only to go to the slaughter-house. For me intensive breeding is a sign of human degeneration. If one can find that acceptable, then we humans have lost all moral value. … [How long have you been a vegetarian?] Since 1962, when I went on French television to denounce conditions of animal slaughter. That is when I became aware of the horror of factory farming, live transports and the killings of farm animals. I have always been sensitive to animal distress but from then on I refused to be involved in such inhuman industrial deaths.

— Brigitte Bardot on Slaughterhouse

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Brigitte Bardot

About Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (born September 28, 1934) is a French former actress, singer and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist. She was an internationally known as a sex symbol during the 1950s and 1960s.