Look To The Stars News: Jamie Bamber

Law & Order UK Star Demands Justice For Bears

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Law and Order UK star Jamie Bamber has stripped off to demand justice for bears.

The star, who plays DS Matt Devlin on the ITV1 drama, has swapped bear skin for bare skin in the new ad after hearing that Canadian black bears are slaughtered to make the Queen’s Guards’ ceremonial caps.

Joss Stone Goes Bare For Bears

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:30:00 +0000

Two-time Brit Award–winning singer Joss Stone is the latest in a long line of celebrities to speak out against the killing of bears in the name of tradition.

The sultry soul and R&B singer, who starred in The Tudors and Eragon, poses naked for PETA with a teddy bear clutched to her chest to draw attention to the plight of bears who are cruelly killed to make the Queen’s Guards’ ceremonial caps.

Jamie Bamber Bares All For Bears

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:30:00 +0000

PETA’s newest instalment of the “Bare Skin, Not Bear Skin” campaign stars actor Jamie Bamber as himself, baring his skin and speaking out against the use of real bear skins in the caps of the Queen’s guards.

Frustrated that black bears are still being killed for the use of their fur in uniforms, Bamber says, “These caps are just ceremonial caps. They serve no purpose. Why kill more animals? The obvious alternative is to make caps out of faux fur. They’re not to keep warm. It’s not particularly freezing outside Buckingham Palace. You could wear something else. It just seems to me a no-brainer.”

He’s also opposed to the methods used in catching the animals in Canadian forests. “What these hunters do is basically trap these bears,” says Bamber. "[Hunters] bait them into coming out of their natural behaviour or routes and modes and shoot them as they eat the bait they’ve been set.