Category: Leather
Famous Photographer Mike Ruiz Reminds Everyone ‘Leather Is Someone’s Skin’
Cinava PhotographyPETA unveiled a 70-foot-high billboard in the middle of New York City, reminding people that leather is someone else’s skin and urging everyone to shop vegan.
Watch: New Sanctuary Gives Exhausted Bullocks a Well-Deserved Retirement
After enduring a life of pain and misery, these rescued animals finally found freedom at Animal Rahat’s lush new sanctuary. Find out how you can help save more.
PETA Is Asking Levi’s Again: When Will You Ditch Cruel, Unstainable Leather Patches?
PETA bought shares in Levi’s to urge the denim brand to nix its leather patches. We’re sitting in on the virtual boardroom meeting!
The Connection Between the Suez Canal Blockage and Animals Stuck on Ships
Everyone’s talking about the cargo ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal—but what about the animals trapped on live-export ships? They deserve freedom, too.
Keep Urban Outfitters on the Hook for Using Leather, Wool, and Down
Join Students Opposing Speciesism in using hanger tags to show Urban Outfitters the true cost of animal-derived clothing.
Students: Your Art Can Help Us ‘Stick It’ to Urban Outfitters!
Are you a student who loves to get creative for animal rights? Submit a design for Students Opposing Speciesism’s next sticker and help end Urban Outfitters’ sale of clothing made from materials that were stolen from animals.
PETA’s ‘Pants on Fire’ Awards—10 Companies That Deceive Consumers
These companies are master manipulators, but PETA’s turning up the heat on each and every one of them with this year’s “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire” Awards.
Closed For Cruelty: Help PETA Urge Urban Outfitters Brands to Go Animal-Free
Fashion shouldn’t be fatal. Join PETA’s bold campaign demanding that Urban Outfitters brands stop selling looks that actually kill.
PETA Germany Exposes Grueling, Shocking Abuse in Global Leather Trade
A shocking investigation released by PETA Germany exposes the extreme cruelty live animals endure as they’re shipped around the world to be killed for leather.
Leather Is a Rip-Off: Help PETA Tell Levi’s to Ditch Animal Skins
That patch on Levi’s jeans is no friend to animals or the environment. Find out what you can do to urge brands like Levi’s to use only vegan leather.
American Red Cross’ Latest Lifesaving Move: Banning Leather Gloves
PETA urged the American Red Cross to consider cows’ lives in its lifesaving flood and fire kits, and the organization and its leather-free glove initiative didn’t let us down.
Blood, Bodypaint, and Black Sludge: See PETA’s Top 2019 Photos
2019 was PETA’s most inspirational year yet—and this list is proof! See stunning photos of our boldest protests and most heartwarming rescues of the year.
Redfora’s ‘Earthquake Bag’ Goes Leather-Free After Hearing From PETA
Thanks to PETA and our supporters, Redfora replaced the cow-skin gloves in its popular Earthquake Bags with durable synthetic versions.
Leather Linked to Amazon Deforestation: Nike, Macy’s, GM, More Named
The Amazon rainforest is burning. Are your shoes, car seats, or sofa to blame? Find out.
PETA U.K. Supporters Stage ‘Dirty’ Leather Protest at London Fashion Week
The protest reminded people that the leather industry is poisoning the living world.
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE
— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind