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What's Wrong With Leather?
When you buy a leather
jacket or leather shoes, you support animal suffering.
Millions of cows, pigs,
sheep, and goats are slaughtered for their skin every year. They are
castrated, branded, tail-docked, and dehorned without anesthesia. Then
they are trucked to slaughter, bled to death, and skinned. Leather is
not simply a slaughterhouse byproductits a booming industry. The
meat industry relies on skin sales to stay in business. In fact, skin
accounts for approximately 50 percent of the total byproduct value of
cattle.
Animal skin is turned into finished leather
through the use of dangerous mineral salts, formaldehyde, coal-tar
derivatives, cyanide-based oils and dyes, chrome, and other toxins.
People who have worked in and lived near
tanneries are dying of cancer caused by exposure to toxic chemicals
used to process and dye the leather. A New York State Department of
Health study found that more than half of all testicular cancer
victims work in tanneries.
When you buy leather products, you may be
purchasing leather from Asian dog and cat tanneries; because product
labeling rarely indicates where the skins originate, theres no way to
know for sure.
VEGAN COMPANIES
The following companies sell only animal-friendly and cruelty-free
products. To find out where their products can be purchased, please
contact them directly:
Ambition
E-Mail:
Danielle@the-perfect-pointe.com
Web site:
www.the-perfect-pointe.com/Ambition
Vegan pointe ballet shoes.
Bagg Lady Handbags
Tel.: 800-459-3033 E-Mail:
bagglady@oro.net
Web site:
www.bagglady.com
Versatile synthetic leather purses are designed with a built-in wallet
for maximum space, efficiency, accessibility and organization.
Bulge Bag
Tel.: 310-543-5266 E-Mail:
sales@bulgebag.com
Web site:
www.bulgebag.com
Hip bags made from a water-resistant PVC material.
Cedar Key Canvas
Tel.: 800-729-0297 E-Mail:
julie@ckcanvas.com
Web site:
www.ckcanvas.com
Handcrafted and custom made canvas totes, purses, luggage and duffles.
Chrome Bags
Tel.: 415-503-1221 E-Mail:
chrome@chromebags.com
Web site:
www.chromebags.com
Nonleather messenger bags, laptop bags, and DJ bags.
Ellen Richards Designs
Tel.: 323-571-1682 E-Mail:
info@ellenrichardsdesigns.com
Web site:
www.ellenrichardsdesigns.com
Vegan handbags, tote and cosmetic bags.
Ethical Wares
Tel.: 011 44 1570 741155 E-Mail:
vegans@ethicalwares.com
Web site:
www.ethicalwares.com
Trekking and hiking boots, dress boots, steel-toe safety boots, and
dress shoes for men and women.
Evolutionary Fur
Tel.: 800-FAKE-FUR
Web site:
www.evolutionaryfur.com
Oleg Cassini designs this entirely vegan line of faux fur coats,
complete with an anti-fur message on the label.
Freerangers
Tel.: 44 (0)1661 831781 E-Mail:
info@freerangers.co.uk
Web site:
www.freerangers.co.uk
Vegan shoes, accessories, and clothing for men, women, and children.
GoodGoth.com
The Corner Store
Tel.: 413-568-6641 ∙ E-Mail:
luluwhite@aol.com
Web site:
www.goodgoth.com
Funky vinyl shoes, boots, bags, coats, skirts, dresses and lingerie.
Heartland Products, Ltd.
Tel.: 800-441-4692 Web site:
www.trvnet.net/~hrtlndp/
Nonleather Western-style boots, baseball gloves, shoes, watchbands,
and biker jackets.
MooShoes
Tel.: 212-481-5792 E-Mail:
erica@mooshoes.com
Web site:
www.mooshoes.com
Wide variety of nonleather shoes, belts, and wallets.
NoBull Footwear
Tel./Fax: 011 44 1273 302979 E-Mail:
information@veganstore.co.uk
Web site:
www.veganstore.co.uk
Vegan dress and casual shoes, hiking boots, jackets, belts, and
wallets.
Pangea
Tel.: 800-340-1200 E-Mail:
info@veganstore.com
Web site:
www.veganstore.com
Shoes, clothing, belts, bags, and more.
Queenbee Creations
Tel.: 360-352-1610 E-Mail:
queenbee@olywa.net
Web site:
www.olywa.net/queenbee
Unique vinyl bags, wallets, belts, guitar straps and accessories are
custom made according to your specifications.
Sparkle Craft
E-Mail: sparklecraft@yahoo.com Web site:
www.sparklecraft.com
Vegan guitar straps, belts, bags and accessories.
Splaff Flops
Tel.: 619-221-9199 Web site:
www.splaff.com
Nonleather sandals made from recycled materials.
Timbuk2 Designs
Tel.: 888-TIMBUK2 Web site:
www.timbuk2.com
Nonleather custom-designed messenger and computer bags.
Tomorrows World
Tel.: 800-229-7571 E-Mail:
comments@tomorrowsworld.com
Web site:
www.tomorrowsworld.com
Nonleather clothing, shoes, belts, bags, and organic hemp products.
Truth
Tel.: 416-777-1604 E-Mail:
truth@rogers.com
Web site:
www.truthbelts.com
Fashionable nonleather belts and purses.
Used Rubber USA
Tel.: 415-626-7855 E-Mail:
info@usedrubberusa.com
Web site:
www.usedrubberusa.com
Wallets, organizers, and bags made from recycled rubber.
Vegan Essentials
Tel.: 866-88-VEGAN E-Mail:
questions@veganessentials.com
Web site:
www.veganessentials.com
Hemp shoes and clothing, nonleather shoes, belts, and wallets.
Veganline
Tel.: 0800-458-4442 E-Mail:
nude@animal.nu
Web site:
www.veganline.com
Stylish vegan shoes, boots, and belts.
Vegan Shoe Store and More
Tel: 503-3314-6663 E-Mail: sales@veganshoestore.com
Web site: www.veganshoestore.com
Vegan boots, belts, wallets, shoe polish, jackets, pants, gloves,
purses and more.
Vegan Wares
Tel.: 011 61 3 9417 0230 E-Mail:
veganw@veganwares.com
Web site:
www.veganwares.com
Nonleather shoes, boots, briefcases, wallets, dog
collars, jazz shoes, and ballet slippers.
Vegetarian Shoes
Tel.: 011 44 127 369 1913 E-Mail:
information@vegetarian-shoes.co.uk
Web site:
www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk
More than 50 styles of synthetic leather and synthetic suede shoes,
including genuine Doc Martens boots and shoes, Birkenstocks,
dress shoes, hiking boots, work boots, pleather jackets, and belts.
The Vegetarian Site
Tel.: 520-529-8691 E-Mail:
shopping@thevegetariansite.com
Web site:
www.thevegetariansite.com
Vegan shoes and accessories.
Via Vegan
Tel.: 888-304-2334 E-Mail:
info@viavegan.com
Web site:
www.viavegan.com
Stylish nonleather purses.
Vegan shoes and accessories are often
inexpensive & up to 60 to 75 percent cheaper than leather!
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