Bearskins

Virginia Lewis-Jones, daughter of “the Forces’ Sweetheart” Dame Vera Lynn, appeals to the MoD to replace the bearskin caps with faux fur.

Fourteen hundred Queen’s Guard soldiers were present at the Trooping the Colour parade. That represents the deaths of at least 1,400 bears.

A letter sent to the Ministry of Defence by 10 wildlife photographers is putting bears’ lives in focus.

PETA activists held a die-in to protest the slaughter of bears for ceremonial caps.

With her body covered only by a teddy bear, Love Island star Faye Winter urges the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to use animal-friendly faux fur.

The faux fur fabric created by ECOPEL and PETA performed in a similar way – or better than – real bear fur in laboratory tests against the MoD’s five criteria.

As many people in the UK struggle to pay for essentials like gas and electricity, it’s shameful that the government is wasting taxpayer money on ornamental bearskin caps.

The event brought together campaigners and policymakers to call for the high-performing faux bear fur to be quick-marched into service.

PETA has erected giant billboards near defence minister Ben Wallace’s constituency calling out his BEAR-faced lies.

In an ad campaign shot by renowned photographer Rankin, Simon Pegg shows off the world’s first faux bear fur and calls on the Ministry of Defence to go fur-free.