We're going on a bear hunt...

[venta]

See previous post, wicked parents, attic, bah.

Does anyone know of any form of outlet for pre-owned, much-loved, non-CE-marked teddy bears and other furry creatures ? I can't possibly keep all mine, and the prospect of sending them to landfill is not to be borne. Quite apart from it being Plain Wrong, the wasting of perfectly lovable animals offends me.

The mother tells me that even charities which ship bears to children who have no bears are insistent on modern safety standards. (Not, of course, that think it's acceptable to kill children in poverty-stricken regions with toxic bears, but I regard the bears in question as perfectly safe, having failed to be killed by them myself. Many of them lack labels at all on account of being homemade.)

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

The PEEP place at Cowley Centre might be able to give you some potential homes for bears and other furry aminals (sic). If they can't take them in the shop (which is a drop-in play centre and not really a shop) they might be able to distribute them to suitable families - private gifts aren't governed by the safety-mark issue the same way sales are.

[venta.livejournal.com]

OK, thanks for that - when I know how many bears I'm trying to push on the unsuspecting public I'll check them out.