Brigitte Bardot’s Open Letter to Gigi Ugulava

Famous French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot sent open letter to the Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava.

Georgian Society for the Protection and Safety of Animals (GSPSA) reported to the Interprensnews that in her open letter Brigitte Bardot expressed deep concern regarding poor conditions of animals in Tbilisi and sent several recommendations to the Mayor Gigi Ugulava.

“I would like to express my deep concern regarding the street animals in Georgia and particularly in the capital. Thousands animals die in terrible conditions in Tbilisi… the massacre of street animals with state funds cannot eradicate the problem of overpopulation of animals unless you address the causes. So, your efforts are useless and cannot manage the animal population as it was proved in many countries worldwide. Just the opposite, those inhuman methods result into destabilization of animal population, into artificial increase of number of street animals and makes sanitary control of those animals impossible. I strictly condemn your cruel and ineffective practice and request you to start dialogue with your local association and professionals to promptly create civilized and sustainable program for the management of street animals in Tbilisi,” the open letter to Ugulava reads; it was published by the Georgian Society for the Protection and Safety of Animals.

In addition, Brigitte Bardot sent several recommendations to Ugulava; and among them is: to promptly stop massacre of street animals; to set up a special group who will work with animals; to open a shelter for animals which will be run by local NGOs; to introduce vaccination, sterilization/castration and identification programs for the animals and to work out programs for the awareness raising of the society in order to simplify adoption or release of identified animals.

“I hope the Tbilisi authority will be capable to implement ethic management of street animals in cooperation with local and international associations in compliance with international law about animals protection,” the open letter reads.

French version of the letter is published on the following website:  http://gspsa.org.ge/uploads/attachments/lettre%20g%C3%A9orgie%202011.pdf

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