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This doesn’t exactly seem like a revelation to me, and I don’t know why you’d need undercover footage… how do you think they hunted bears?
Living their life in nature before being killed is about as good as it gets for animals. I thought they were gonna say they’re caged from birth or something.
Besides a POV of “killing any animal is wrong”, I don’t really see an issue. It appears to be regulated and as long as they’re maintaining the bear population appropriately why is it any different than hunting deer or killing a cow for leather?
I think it would be a good thing if they moved away from real bear fur for an alternative, but don’t see it as a real issue either way tbh.
The problem is that wild animals are being killed so an unelected king in a democratic country can have his guards wear fancy hats
I’d like the monarchy abolished as well tbh, but their hats are towards the bottom of the list of reasons why.
That’s also not gonna be Stephen Fry’s point, as good as he can be about some issues he’s also a known monarchist.
Chances are (and I'm up for being corrected on this). The bears are being culled to maintain population levels.
In all areas of the world, human interaction with nature means we've upset the usual ecosystem balance. We've moved predator/prey ecosystems, we've changed their sizes and we've decided there are big areas we just don't want the predators. Culling/management is necessary to minimise our further impact.
These bears are going to be shot with or without the furs being used. They're not being killed so someone can have the fancy hats.
Perhaps not the best source
Are kings ever elected? Like, what's an example of an elected king? 😅
Maybe surprising, but yes. The pope is an example. Historically it was not super uncommon, nowadays Malaysia and Cambodia for instance still have an elected monarch.
And in the context of the UK?
Oh it is completely irrelevant for Fry's point. Just thought it was interesting.
Fair enough.
It may be because deer and cows are used for meat as well as their hide.
I'm not sure what happens to the rest of the bear.
Not sure what happens to these bears but I know many Canadian hunters eat bear.
People do eat bear meat. I'm sure some just skin it and leave it but it is plenty edible.
True, if it’s wasteful then move away from it, but then again maybe there does need to be intervention to maintain bear population anyway.