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"Brigitte Bardot has called on leaders from the Islamic and Jewish faiths to end the ritualistic slaughter of animals. The star told AFP that she&amp;#039;s joined forces with animal rights groups in an attempt to curb the centuries-old religious practice. &amp;quot;I can no longer accept that in order to please a God animals have their throats slit like in the Middle Ages without being stunned beforehand, when we have modern methods to prevent animals suffering,&amp;quot; she said. In 1986, the French screen icon founded the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals in an attempt to advocate the rights of animals on a global scale. The organisation reportedly plans to place 2,000 anti-slaughter posters across France in the next few weeks. During her two-decade acting career, Bardot worked with many of France&amp;#039;s most acclaimed filmmakers including Roger Vadim, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jean-Luc Godard. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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