Brigitte Bardot, unforgotten icon of cinema and singer, fervent animal activist to the point of being president of a foundation that bears his name, wrote a letter, in French, to the president of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti (Lega) to ask to release the three bears imprisoned in the Casteller enclosure. In the letter, the actress defines herself "Shocked and scandalized" from the fact that the bears "captured in Slovenia to reintroduce them to Italy as part of a Life Ursus Project financed by very high European funds, now live in an electrified bunker".
The reference is to the three plantigrades enclosed in the Casteller enclosure, the area not far from Trento where the M49 bear, 4 and a half years old, renamed "Papillon" and famous for its two escapes from the enclosure, M57, the two and a half year old specimen that on the evening of Last August 22 he attacked the 24-year-old carabiniere Diego Balasso in Andalo, and the bear DJ3, who is almost 18 years old and has been in the pen since 2011. 'BB', writes to Fugatti that "not only what you are doing to these innocent bears is abject inhumanity, but also an embezzlement of European funds". If Fugatti does not free the bears, Brigitte Bardot assures, it will cause "a global scandal supported by our numerous international partners and I swear to you that I will not spare you ”.
“Does Brigitte Bardot love bears? Well, we invite you to come and visit us in Trentino: here we have many… ”, replies the president of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti, who invited the French actress and activist to visit Trentino. “We too - says Fugatti - love nature and animals, so much so that our territory is an international example from this point of view. However, let us not forget that problem bears now count many victims among the animals that represent the livelihood of agriculture and mountain livestock. It is precisely the logic of a better balance that we are defending, aware of the efforts of those who still today try to resist in the mountains, guarding and keeping the territory alive. An objectively real and concrete effort.
Far from cinematic fiction, where the representation of facts may not fully represent the most authentic issues ". Bardot also asks to "leave the female JJ4 alone", on which the Council of State ruled with two ordinances which, accepting the appeals of animal rights activists, established that the bear must remain free. The TAR of Trento, last October, had instead rejected the appeal for the suspension of the order of capture and imprisonment for life for the plantigrade, adopted by the Province of Trento after a close encounter of the animal with two people, which took place last June on the mount Peller. Following the decision of the Council of State, Fugatti declared “from this moment the responsibilities of the Province cease in the event of unpleasant or dangerous outcomes following further meetings with the bear. The measure we had adopted went in our opinion in the direction of protect our fellow citizens. Now no one says that the responsibility for what may happen in the future lies with the Province "(The print).