PARIS (AP) – Actresses Brigitte Bardot and Sophie Marceau are leading French campaigns for mandatory cameras in slaughterhouses and a ban on the sale of eggs from caged hens.
The debate on a farming and food industry bill will begin on Tuesday in France’s parliament.
Thirteen animal rights associations are calling on lawmakers to support amendments on slaughterhouses and caged hens.
In a video released by the Bardot Foundation, the former film star – now an animal rights activist – expresses her “revolt at the way animals are slaughtered.”
The government’s bill includes measures for better respect of animal welfare through enhanced controls.
In recent years, a string of undercover videos has revealed shocking slaughterhouse conditions in the country – showing various abuses on pigs, cows, sheep and hens.
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