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rkr4cds Creative Design Studio (RKR4CDS)
suburban Chicago
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http://news.yahoo.com/story//afp/200808 … adaoffbeat

At least they're meeting... I wonder if it'll do any good.

It will take a very long time to change 'Tradition'

Tracy ThimbleBeary Originals
Iowa
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bear_cry OMG......I had no idea!  The whole thing is appalling IMO, when there are so many alternatives to real fur anymore.  I am wondering though.....why does it take one bear for each hat?  And to think so many new hats are needed each year.  bear_cry  It makes me just sick to think about it...........

SueAnn Past Time Bears
Double Oak, Texas
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Ugh!  Enough, already . . . let's start using synthetic fur, please.

rkr4cds Creative Design Studio (RKR4CDS)
suburban Chicago
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The song "Tradition! TRADITION!! keeps running through my head - from one of the musicals from the Rogers & Hammerstein-ilk days... Fiddler on the Roof?  My Fair Lady??   Something out of the late 50s to late 60s.

It reminds me of ppl setting in their heels - "... but we've ALWAYS done it THIS way..."

SueAnn Past Time Bears
Double Oak, Texas
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Fiddler on the Roof.

rkr4cds Creative Design Studio (RKR4CDS)
suburban Chicago
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Thank you, my Musical Memory; my DH agrees with you (and not the other way around in my book!) 
But I never listen to him until I get at least one more vote in his column!!!
:clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

Daphne Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568

I'm with you Tracy.... that's SICK! And a whole bear?????

Yeah, they need to get with the times! Mohair? Alpaca? Are they too processed by the time they become the fabric that we use to have their original oily, animal properties that make the fiber withstand the elements? Probably. But maybe there is some special way to process it.

So, I'm confussed... they've changed the shape/size of the hat and plan to put that proposal to the MoD? So, what, it'll only take 3/4 of a bear per hat?  bear_wacko

Is there a bear farm in Canada just for the Brits? That's seems like a lot of bears per year from one place!!!

FenBeary Folk FenBeary Folk
Pointon Fen, Lincolnshire, UK
Posts: 2,234

It says "most tourists are unaware that real fur is still used"

I would think that the majority of the UK public do not know real fur is used and 50-100 bears are slaughtered each year

I like the tourists had thought that they had changed to faux fur years ago  bear_angry

ruth Flutter-By Bears
Staffordshire
Posts: 870
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Absolutely Sue !!  it's completely outrageous and defies belief !
Whilst our military heritage is part of the draw and spectacle of our country that does not excuse using a substance that
looks so much better on animals - live ones !!   bear_cry
Where's the petition ???  bear_angry  bear_angry
:pray:  :pray:
Ruth

Judi Luxembears
Luxemburg, Wisconsin
Posts: 7,379

Oh I had no idea either that they used bear fur for these hats.  Oh my.  Yes, It is time to get with the timers and switch to faux fur. It would be lighter anyway.  Leave the bears alone.

rkr4cds Creative Design Studio (RKR4CDS)
suburban Chicago
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Well, as long as we're on inappropriate uses of 'bears', doncha think that they could come up with another animal for this use than a TEDDY bear!!???, Like.... maybe, a shark?

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Michelle Helen Chaska, Minnesota
Posts: 2,897

That is so awful!!! Senseless killing of bears all in the name of "tradition"? If we follow “tradition†, we'd still be doing "human sacrifices" to appease the Gods!!! It's time to for a change....Good luck to PETA  in their quest.

Woodbury Park Bears Woodbury Park Bears
Central Coast New South Wales
Posts: 1,033

Surely in this day and age someone could come up with an alternative that could meet all parties expectations. When I was a young one I was a marching girl and many of our uniforms had busby hats (same style as the guards hats) as our head gear but they were not made from bears and we wore them in all weathers week in week out.

Raewyn

Marlys Waggle Bears
So Cal Desert
Posts: 4,089

I agree with all of you. This is just sickening. Maybe people in the UK will rise up and do something...or maybe the PETA people will pick it up. It absolutely seem that there could be some reasonable substitute that can be waterproofed. It seems such a friviolous excuse to try and justify the killing of these bears.

DebbieD Posts: 3,540

Ah.....sorry, I grew up raised as a country girl and when any animal was killed everything was used except the squeak.   bear_ermm   Frankly I have no problems at all with the hats being continued as traditional bear pelts.  Believe me, there are more than enough black bears available for this...and in some parks, where they have been taunted and teased on by tourists, there is no choice but to kill them. 

The only people I feel a tad sorry for is the guardsmen left balancing that much weight on their heads, but they signed up for the duty.

Shoot me down in flames, but as far as I'm concerned, PETA is a bloody terrorist group with excessively slick marketing.  Those who adore animals, note:  They don't want clean cages, they want empty cages.  This particular orginization will not rest until animals have been removed from the face of the planet.  Don't be duped by their fuzzy outlooks.

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