Since the actor's death on Sunday, several animal welfare charities in France have offered to take in Loubo to avoid this terrible fate.
However, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation announced on Instagram yesterday that Alain Delon's dog will escape euthanasia:
"Don't worry about Loubo! Many of you have sent us messages about the future of Loubo, Alain Delon's dog. ‘He's got his home and his family’, we've been told by those close to the actor, who will be taking good care of him. Loubo will not, of course, be euthanised! "
Why did Alain Delon want his dog euthanised?
This is a victory for animal rights activists, who spoke of ‘euthanasia for convenience’ when the actor told Paris Match in 2018 that he wished for his dog to be euthanised upon his death. At the time, he said: "If I die before him, I'll ask the vet for us to leave together. He'll put him to sleep in my arms. I'd rather that than know that he'll let himself die on my grave with so much suffering."
30 Million d'Amis and the SPA had offered to give Loubo a home, arguing that "the life of an animal should not be conditional on that of a human's".
Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon were good friends
But in the end, it was the Brigitte Bardot foundation who assured the public of the dog's safety - not surprising, since Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon had been friends for over 60 years.
The actress, who started her foundation in 1986, had lived for several decades at La Madrague, her home in Saint-Tropez, with 12 dogs, 20 cats, horses, donkeys, ponies, pigs, goats, geese, chickens, ducks, a tortoise and a parrot. Like her friend Alain Delon with his property at Douchy, the actress, now 89, wants to be buried at La Madrague, near the graves of her small animal cemetery.
