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Saturday, April 01, 2006
Group Seeks an End to the Slaughter of Black Bears for Queen’s Guards’ Hats
For Immediate Release:
31 March 2006
http://www.peta.org.uk/newsnew/NewsItem.asp?id=3134
Contact:
Anita Singh 020 7357 9229, ext 228
Will Wright 020 7357 9229, ext 232
Stafford – Disguised as a “bear” and waving a sign which reads, “God Save the Bears”, a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protester will make sure Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t forget there is a growing call for her to switch to faux fur for the Household Guards’ bearskin hats. As part of an international campaign, PETA’s “bear” will follow the Queen during her walkabout in Stafford's Market Square this morning. The “bear” will encourage Her Majesty to call off the slaughter of Canada’s black bears for the Queen’s Guards’ ceremonial bearskin hats and replace the fur with modern synthetic materials.
It can take the entire hide of one bear to make just one guard’s headpiece. The skins come from bears who are shot in Canada. Many bears are shot several times before they die, while some escape the hunters and bleed to death. When mother bears are killed, orphaned cubs, who cannot survive on their own, are left behind.
After months of campaigning, PETA Europe reached the negotiating table with the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is now working with several faux-fur manufacturers to find a suitable alternative to real bear skins; the first trialled faux-fur hats were deemed unacceptable by the MoD. Although this is a step in the right direction, Queen Elizabeth II and the MoD continue to allow bears to be killed for these hats while the trials are underway.
“Queen Elizabeth II has had to modernise many things ever since Princess Diana expressed her opposition to the wearing of fur”, says PETA Europe Managing Director Ingrid E. Newkirk. “It is time she forbade the killing of bears for her guards’ hats because cruelty has no place in the modern world.”
PETA Europe has enlisted high-profile support from Imogen Bailey, Sir Roger Moore, Morrissey, Julian Clary, Pamela Anderson, Twiggy, Amanda Holden, Hayley Mills and others in calling for a ban on bear fur in the Household Guards’ headwear.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk
31 March 2006
http://www.peta.org.uk/newsnew/NewsItem.asp?id=3134
Contact:
Anita Singh 020 7357 9229, ext 228
Will Wright 020 7357 9229, ext 232
Stafford – Disguised as a “bear” and waving a sign which reads, “God Save the Bears”, a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protester will make sure Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t forget there is a growing call for her to switch to faux fur for the Household Guards’ bearskin hats. As part of an international campaign, PETA’s “bear” will follow the Queen during her walkabout in Stafford's Market Square this morning. The “bear” will encourage Her Majesty to call off the slaughter of Canada’s black bears for the Queen’s Guards’ ceremonial bearskin hats and replace the fur with modern synthetic materials.
It can take the entire hide of one bear to make just one guard’s headpiece. The skins come from bears who are shot in Canada. Many bears are shot several times before they die, while some escape the hunters and bleed to death. When mother bears are killed, orphaned cubs, who cannot survive on their own, are left behind.
After months of campaigning, PETA Europe reached the negotiating table with the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is now working with several faux-fur manufacturers to find a suitable alternative to real bear skins; the first trialled faux-fur hats were deemed unacceptable by the MoD. Although this is a step in the right direction, Queen Elizabeth II and the MoD continue to allow bears to be killed for these hats while the trials are underway.
“Queen Elizabeth II has had to modernise many things ever since Princess Diana expressed her opposition to the wearing of fur”, says PETA Europe Managing Director Ingrid E. Newkirk. “It is time she forbade the killing of bears for her guards’ hats because cruelty has no place in the modern world.”
PETA Europe has enlisted high-profile support from Imogen Bailey, Sir Roger Moore, Morrissey, Julian Clary, Pamela Anderson, Twiggy, Amanda Holden, Hayley Mills and others in calling for a ban on bear fur in the Household Guards’ headwear.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk
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