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Leather Working Group Facebook Takeover

Leather working group Facebook takeover: Every piece of clothing that comes from animals is a product of extreme violence, cruelty, and fear. Leather is no different

Leather working group Facebook takeover: Producing leather requires an ENORMOUS amount of energy, dangerous chemicals, and bloody slaughtering of animals-- the leather industry is a dirty business #RejectLeather

Leather working group Facebook takeover: Cows are forcibly dragged off ships with cranes in the leather industry

Leather working group Facebook takeover: Cow leather is nearly TEN times worse for the environment than plant-based #vegan leather

Leather working group Facebook takeover: Leather: DESTROYS Land Earth Animals Trees Habitat Ecosystems Rainforests

Leather working group Facebook takeover: Turning skin into leather requires massive amounts of energy and dangerous chemicals, including formaldehyde, coal-tar derivatives, and various oils, dyes, and finishes, some of them cyanide-based

Leather working group Facebook takeover: I'll never wear leather ever since I realized how unethical the production of it is. We're torturing and killing cows just for a handbag or a pair of shoes (when there are so many animal-free materials available)? That's ridiculous. I mean, seriously, do animals' lives mean nothing at all?

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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

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