On Thursday PETA and Stella McCartney met with the Ministry of Defense to propose a new faux fur hat for Palace guards.
PETA would like to see the bear fur hats replaced with Bear28, a plastic fiber technology that the animal rights group has been working on for years in order to meet the Ministry’s repellency requirements.
Dan Matthews, VP of PETA, said the new hats would be a win-win situation for the MoD because they’re cheaper and lighter than the current ones, not to mention “the bears will certainly be happier”.
While that may be true, the Ministry isn’t in any hurry to throw out the originals that have been worn since 1815. A spokeswoman for the MoD said:
“The MoD remains open to testing material that industry might offer us to asses whether a faux fur meets the requirements for a replacement bearskin hat material. So far industry has not been able to produce a suitable material to meet the Guards’ requirements.
All bearskins used in the UK are sourced from Canada where bears are culled under the direction of the Canadian government to keep the bear population under control.”
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