So cruel to black bears (From York Press)
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So cruel to black bears
8:05am Thursday 23rd August 2012 in Letters
COULD all readers who care about cruelty to animals please write to the Honourable Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, and ask him to stop using real black bear fur for the Queen’s Guards’ caps.
It takes the hide of one bear to make one cap. The use of real bear fur was questioned as long ago as 1888. Why is this still happening? One in seven hunted bears does not die instantly, but dies a slow and agonising death from starvation, blood loss or infection.
The fur looks better on a live bear. Use faux fur. Please send your letters to Ingrid E Newkirk, PETA, Crawley, RH10 9PY.
D Fillingham, The Crossway, York.
Comments(5)
alfie
says...
2:02pm Thu 23 Aug 12
MarkyMarkMark
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3:23pm Thu 23 Aug 12
n.com/royal/footguar
d.htm site, it's brown bear fur . . . .
and they've been searching for years to find an suitable alternative. Maybe they found it - black bear skins.
Or more seriously - look at
http://www.telegraph
.co.uk/news/7903157/
Could-Guards-wear-St
ella-McCartney-synth
etic-bearskin.html
Friedrich Hayek
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6:05pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Killing animals is apparently what PETA is good at.
Clean up your own house before you start throwing stones at other people's black kettles.
alfie
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2:13pm Fri 24 Aug 12
Friedrich Hayek wrote:who rattled your cage. what does essen mein shiza mean?
PETA kills 96% of the animals handed into its Norfolk, VA headquarters.
Killing animals is apparently what PETA is good at.
Clean up your own house before you start throwing stones at other people's black kettles.
ColdAsChristmas says...
12:12pm Thu 23 Aug 12