AGAIN With the "Poor Bears" and Bearskins in UK

[Colin Parkinson]

Just get a First Nations to provide the bearskins, in which case you are giving meaningful support to the Aboriginals and opposing it is racist!

 

[The Bread Guy]

Just get a First Nations to provide the bearskins, in which case you are giving meaningful support to the Aboriginals and opposing it is racist!

Not exactly alike, but pretty close, here are the words of one of Canada's Indigenous people to the animal rights folks ....

Seals are not endangered. They are our cows.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Bumped with the latest "here we go again" story ....

The Queen’s Guard may have to make a significant change to their uniforms in post-Brexit Britain by no longer wearing their traditional real bearskin hats.

In 2000, fur farming became illegal in England and Wales under the Fur Farming Prohibition Act, with the last mink fur farms ordered to close by 2003. Two years later, fur farming was also outlawed in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

However, it is currently still legal to sell fur in the UK, a fact that may change in the next year or so following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.

According to The Telegraph, George Eustice, the environment secretary wrote a letter on 9 September 2020 addressed to Giles Roca, chief executive of the British Fur Trade Association (BFTA), explaining that “once the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU has been established, there will be an opportunity to consider further steps it could take in relation to fur sales”

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If all forms of fur sales are banned in the UK, then this will mean the Queen’s Guard may no longer be able to wear their bearskin hats, which members of the army have worn since the early 19th century.

The bearskin hats worn by the Queen’s Guard are made from Canadian black bear fur and measure approximately 18 inches in height.

The Army buys between 50 and 100 bearskin hats a year. In 2008, it was reported that PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) said the Ministry of Defence had spent more than £321,000 on bearskins in the previous five years.

The hats are worn at events like Trooping the Colour, the Queen’s birthday, and the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.

If the Guard are unable to replace their hats with new fur items, they may be forced to reconsider a fur-free alternative. The Palace has not commented on the proposed consultation ...

 

[ArmyRick]

I have ZERO patience for PETA.

They think everyone should stop eating meat because it is cruel. However combines from cash crops kill thousands of mice, birds, moles, rabbits, foxes and sometimes large animals like deer and bears (yes it happens). So much for cruel free.

They don't think people should use cattle hides because its cruel. Meanwhile, cattle are still killed for meat and in some cases hides are buried or end up in landfills. So much for the environment.

They don't want people to wear wool because they say it is cruel. WTF? Shearing sheep is a haircut, nothing more. Leaving the wool on for hot summer months is what is actually cruel.

 

[dimsum]

They don't want people to wear wool because they say it is cruel. WTF? Shearing sheep is a haircut, nothing more. Leaving the wool on for hot summer months is what is actually cruel.

Wait what?  I've heard about the other arguments but not this one.  This makes no sense.

 

[Remius]

Wait what?  I've heard about the other arguments but not this one.  This makes no sense.

Wait one...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38802938/animal-rights-group-peta-calls-for-warhammer-fur-ban

Like, really?

 

[LoneWolf280154]

We wanted to replace the fake leopard skins for our drummers and decided to go with a Black Bear skin for bass and tenor drummers. But - Alberta Fish and Wildlife provided the pelts from roadkill.

I know that we issue licenses to hunt bears in Canada; I also know bears are put down or killed accidentally (a mauling near Banff just provoked such an incident). How many bears a year does the British Army go through? I can't imagine there are that many.

Though I have to wonder who would name their child Peter Dick-Peter....

Michael Dorosh, as I live and breathe, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, and of course The Author. Hope you are well.

 

[AmmoTech90]

Michael Dorosh, as I live and breathe, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, and of course The Author. Hope you are well.

18 years ago.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Necropost winner of the year…

 

[MJP]

Necropost winner of the year…

Good catch the 20 year one was last year after all