I’ve been a vegan for 13 years. My concerns are animal welfare and global warming, plus I feel it's good for my health.
With regard to animal welfare, I have issues with every aspect of animal husbandry - but I have to be honest, until now, I haven’t given much thought to leather. I avoid it, certainly - it took several years of delicate negotiations before I persuaded my wife to accept a faux leather suite instead of the leather one she wanted - but I’ve always thought leather to be a by-product of the dairy industry.
Not so. An article by Lucy Siegle in this morning’s Observer Magazine brought me up short.
Leather production seems to be worse than other forms of animal cruelty in that humans are suffering too:
"Finally the animals are skinned (in front of each other) in the back streets of Dhaka. The skins are processed in makeshift tanneries with workers, including children, knee deep in toxic chemicals."
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Breadandwine · 13/03/2016 12:11
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