Cameo shifting is taking on the appearance of the animal form. Yet according to a few accounts, the animal's abilities are not transferred in the shifted state. Instead, it is the appearance of the animal only. Cameo is also known as Skin Stealing, and Skin Shifting. The desired state is accomplished through magickal rituals an the skin of the animal that the individual wishes to become.

Of course, an animal must be killed and skinned, to provide for the animal skin used in the ritual. The majority of weres care about the environment and the animals that live within it.  Therefore they find this particular act highly offensive and wasteful.