animals life
Humans kill and injure an untold number of animals to make clothing, car seats, toys, pillows, and other products. Animals who die for our clothing include cows, pigs, rabbits, coyotes, ostriches, and rattlesnakes. Cow skins are used for any number of items sold on the market, the most common of which are belts, shoes, handbags, and wallets. The leather made from a cow¹s skin is roughly equal in value to the flesh of that cow, which means leather is not a byproduct.

The miserable factory farm conditions behind a steak are also behind a leather wallet. As a rule these animals suffer extreme crowding and confinement, unanesthetized castration, branding, tail-docking and de-horning, and cruel treatment during transport and slaughter. The pelts of fur-bearing animals are used primarily for coats, though scraps may be used for cat toys. Some fur stores, in what must be viewed by rational minds as obscene, peddle stuffed animals such as teddy bears made from the skins of live animals such as minks.When we speak of animal rights, therefore, we are not speaking merely of a humane approach to animal care. The radical animal rights proponents desire to stop medical research. They want to see the end of hunting and fishing practices. They want to set aside millions of acres of land for the protection of species such as the northern spotted owl. They do not want this land to be used by man, not even for selective harvesting of timber. They want to stop the use of skins and furs for clothing, shoes, or accessories. Many animal rights proponents are vegetarians who do not believe man has the right to kill and eat animals