Activity

Points

Hand out leaflets all over Britain!
Before you go off shopping with your friends, take an hour out to help animals by spreading the word that those ridiculous hats worn by the guards are made from the skins of dead bears. You can get a pack of leaflets posted to you, or print some yourself and get started right away! After you’ve handed out leaflets everywhere you can think of, submit a report using this online form or e-mail StreetTeam@peta2.com and let us know how it went.

1,000

Write to that lot in government.
Get writing for the bears! Send letters and e-mails to your MP, to the queen and to the MoD telling them you do not support the violent killing of bears and that you want to see a synthetic material used for the hats. If you are a British citizen, you have a say in what happens here, so make your voice heard.

Contact your MP here.

The Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen
Buckingham Palace
London SW1A 1AA

The Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
Clarence House
London SW1A 1BA

The Rt Hon Des Browne, MP
Secretary of State for Defence
Ministry of Defence, Main Building
London SW1A 2HB

Be sure to send us a copy of your letter so that we can give you the points you deserve.

750

Collect signatures on peta2 UK’s “Save My Skin” petition.
Print out these petitions, then take them everywhere you go and get people signed up – get all your classmates at school on board and collect signatures outside shows and anywhere else you can think of. See peta2’s guide to getting sign-ups for some more tips. After you’ve filled up a few pages with names and e-mail addresses, send them to:

peta2 UK
PO Box 36668
London SE1 1WA

500

Write letters to the editor.
Use the “Letters to the Editor” section of local newspapers and national magazines like Bliss, Sugar and Cosmo to inform people about how bears are killed in order to make the guards’ hats. Tell readers how they can help save the bears, and be sure to recommend that they visit peta2.com. If your letter gets printed, send us a printed copy of (or a link to) it, and we’ll give you a free “Save My Skin” stencil as well as bonus points.

250

Use stickers and stencils to spread the word.
Stick peta2’s new “Bear Hugs, Not Bear Hats” stickers all over your stuff, from your school books to your school shoes! If you don’t have any stickers, order some here. Or, if you’re feeling particularly artsy, make a stencil using this template and spray-paint the message onto your clothes and books—we want you to be a walking billboard to help bears!

250

Be the “bear”.
PETA often needs people to help at demos around the country. Join the peta2 Street Team so that we can alert you about upcoming demos in your area. If you’re lucky, you might get to dress up and be the PETA “bear”!

100