Brigitte Bardot to Greg Hunt: killing two million feral cats is ‘animal genocide’

French film star and animal rights activist says Australia's culling plan designed to protect its native wildlife is 'inhumane and ridiculous'

Brigitte Bardot, the French film star and animal rights activist, has taken aim at Australia's plan to wipe out two million feral cats, labelling it "inhumane and ridiculous".

Bardot has written an open letter to Greg Hunt, the federal environment minister, to protest at the policy, which was unveiled last week as part of a plan to protect Australia's native wildlife.