Wearing suffering, violence, & decomp …
The more than 1 billion animals exploited annually around the world for leather endure horrific abuse. In India, cows’ tails are routinely broken and irritants like tobacco and even chillis are rubbed into their eyes to force them to trek up to 60 miles to an abattoir.
Inside abattoirs, cows are thrown onto bloodied floors with their feet bound. Sometimes their legs are hacked off while they’re still conscious. Some endure the agony of being skinned alive while others are shot in the head before their throats are slit.Much of the skin used for misleadingly labelled “luxury” fashion comes from calves who were torn away from their mothers just hours after they were born. A mother’s instinct to protect her babies is intense. Just like us, cows share a strong, loving bond with their young, and no handbag or jacket can justify the trauma of separation or the horror they endure at abattoirs.
It is standard industry practice for workers to punch holes in calves’ ears, castrate them without the use of painkillers. Some are also forced to endure the agony of their faces being branded with hot irons.
In China, dogs and cats are also killed for their skin, which are often mislabeled and sold to unsuspecting buyers. So if you wear leather, there’s no way of knowing whose skin you’re in.
As well as being cruel, leather is terrible for the planet. Each year, the global leather industry produces 600 million metres of effluent. Industry studies have identified that cow leather is fashion’s most environmentally devastating material, and over 90% of the damage occurs before skins even reach the tannery, where 170 unique chemicals are used.
In China, dogs and cats are also killed for their skin, which are often mislabeled and sold to unsuspecting buyers. So if you wear leather, there’s no way of knowing whose skin you’re in. 
It is standard industry practice for workers to punch holes in calves’ ears, castrate them without the use of painkillers. Some are also forced to endure the agony of their faces being branded with hot irons. 
Remember: any item branded “calf leather” came from the violent splitting up of families and slaughter of babies. 
Inside abattoirs, cows are thrown onto bloodied floors with their feet bound. Sometimes their legs are hacked off while they’re still conscious. Some endure the agony of being skinned alive while others are shot in the head before their throats are slit. 
The more than 1 billion animals exploited annually around the world for leather endure horrific abuse. In India, cows’ tails are routinely broken and irritants like tobacco and even chillis are rubbed into their eyes to force them to trek up to 60 miles to an abattoir. 
As well as being cruel, leather is terrible for the planet. Each year, the global leather industry produces 600 million metres of effluent. Industry studies have identified that cow leather is fashion’s most environmentally devastating material, and over 90% of the damage occurs before skins even reach the tannery, where 170 unique chemicals are used.
We applaud Victoria Beckham for her label’s policy against fur and exotic skins, and we’ve sent her this video in the hope that it will inspire the mother of four to extend compassion to others. By ending the use of all animal skin across her brand, she’d spare desperate mothers and babies the trauma of being torn away from one another.
Innovative plant-based leathers are already available, including those made from cactus, olive, and grape as well as the plastic-free material Mirum. We’ve put the below handy guides together to make choosing animal- and planet-friendly materials easy and vegan shopping a breeze:
Ultimate Guide to Vegan Leather
Vegan Fashion, Your Guide to the Basics
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Our Compass 
I don’t know how this cruelty is still allowed in this day and age I really don’t. As humans we should all be evolving spiritually which means becoming more aware in consciousness . Governments need to have laws in place and made to be followed for the treatment of animals !
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I agree, I don’t either. 😦
But as I always say, people enjoy the privilege of defining the suffering of others in terms that provides them comfort causing the suffering of others: hubris, manipulation, deception, denial. Survey random people and each one will have a different excuse (god, choice, superiority, humane, indifference) yet the victim has to endure the exact same violation and violence and pain regardless of those differing excuses.
People really try hard to believe the delusions that killing a vulnerable, defenseless being is humane and that good things happen in slaughterhouses because animals are “protected” by “laws” in them.
Thank you, Linda.
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