This is a1995 photo of French actress Brigitte Bardot taken in Paras, France. Bardot has written to Pope John Paul II urging him to stop bullfights in Spain, an international animal rights group said Tuesday, July, 11, 2000. "We implore you to spend a word to denounce that atrocious custom,'' read a letter signed by Bardot and released by the Italian branch of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). (AP Photo,Laurent Rebours/FILE)