Genuine Leather!
Genuine Cow Hide!
Lamb Skin!
Mountain Goat Skin!
Special Skin!
Do you know what all these have in common? They are often "leathers" made from dog and cat skins. According to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), investigators have found that dog and cat skins are used for the following:
-Apparel
-Bed sheets
-Car upholstery
-Drums and musical instruments
-Handbags and small leather goods
-Golf gloves
-Gardening gloves
-"Medicinal" and orthopedic products
-Sporting goods
-Rawhide chew toys for dogs (made in Thailand)
The Philippines and Thailand, among the countries that slaughter cats and dogs for the leather trade, are commonly known to steal pets from their homes, cram them into trucks with no food or water and kill the animals extremely inhumanely. The sad fact is that no industry that has animals as their products, whether it's meat, milk, eggs or leather, can treat them humanely when the bottom line is a quick profit.
Vegans eschew any animal products and therefore don't wear any sort of leather, suede, wool, etc. But for those of you who have a hard time giving up leather and feel that it's just a byproduct of the meat industry (a topic for another post), give this some thought and do some research on your own.
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