Alain Delon's dog saved from euthanasia after activists’ outcry

French film legend Alain Delon has died at the age of 88, his three children told AFP in a statement on Aug 18, 2024, following a battle with ill health. Photo: AFP

Alain Delon's pet dog Loubo will not be put down and buried with the film star as he wanted, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation said Tuesday following an outcry from animal rights activists.

Delon, who died Sunday aged 88, had said he wanted the Belgian malinois to be humanely killed and buried with him. But the foundation named after former film idol Bardot quoted Delon's family as saying the wish would not be carried out.