Bear today, gone tomorrow

So I’m trying to get hold of a bear costume for a shoot next week. But apparently there’s been a bit of a rush on bear costumes. I could hire a crocodile, a parrot, or a Scooby Doo, but all the bears, even Winnie the Pooh, have full diaries next week. So the credit crunch obviously hasn’t hit the bear costume industry. Either that or there’s a bear convention on at the NEC. I shall keep hunting…