Leather is by far my favorite fashion accessory. It always has been...until now. I came across and article, Leather: Animals Abused And Killed for Their Skins, by PETA, where I learned how the leather that I loved so much and thought was so cool came from nightmares I couldn't have imagined. The horrors of farm factories are terrible enough as it is but the leather industry goes beyond even that level of mistreatment. Leather making contributes significantly to pollution, abuse, and poisoning of humans. Many, if not all of the animals used for their skin are killed while still alive and conscious with no form of pain killers. Not only are old animals killed, but very young and even unborn animals are processed for leather and food processing corporations. The younger, including unborn, and more alive the animal is at the time of the hiding the better. At least that's the way the people who make a living from this industry feel. The animals are vulnerable to over crowding which also includes unsanitary living conditions but also injuries caused from trampling. Alligators can be left alive and conscious after being skinned for up to two hours. Two hours of pain and torture shouldn't be an experience any creature endures. In fact, no creature should have to go through any level of torture of any kind for any amount of time, but because of the massive product corporations make from selling leather innocent animals die a horrendous death. Shoes, jackets, purses, wallets, belts, and other clothing items are the main items leather is used for and they are all widely produced by other, harm free materials. This issue is easily avoidable. Look into what you're wearing and put a stop to animal abuse around the world.
List of animals abused for their skin:
cattle, calves, horses, sheep, lambs, goats, pigs, zebras, bison, water buffaloes, boars, kangaroos, elephants, eels, sharks, dolphins, seals, walruses, frogs, turtles, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, alligators, kangaroos.
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http://www.peta.org/issues/Animals-Used-for-Clothing/leather-animals-abused-and-killed-for-their-skins.aspx