An animal is important not only as a member of a species, whether threatened or not, but also because it is a sentient being.
Animals have rights and man has duties when it comes to animals.
In their sad state of affairs, animals deserve respect as well as compassion. This notion is fundamentally valid regardless of the species under consideration, whether it be mouse, dog, ostrich or dolphin. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation only exists thanks to the gifts and bequests of its generous sympathizers. A continual increase in the number of donors has allowed to Foundation to set itself up as a real business, with a head office in Paris that employs 20 people. The Foundation is also an old age home in Normandy for all types of animals and a reception home for dogs and cats in the Paris suburbs.