I’m not vegan, nor am I opposed to leather goods, but this doesn’t make sense. You’re assuming that leather is strictly a byproduct of the meat industry and given for free to leather suppliers. In reality, they sell the hides. In effect, leather subsidizes meat products by providing the meat industry with extra revenue.
Sure, they sell the hides to the leather industry, but that’s just kind of convenient for them to do. If they couldn’t sell the hides, they’d still be selling the meat. But the cattle industry could not get by on selling the hides without the meat.
I’m not vegan, nor am I opposed to leather goods, but this doesn’t make sense. You’re assuming that leather is strictly a byproduct of the meat industry and given for free to leather suppliers. In reality, they sell the hides. In effect, leather subsidizes meat products by providing the meat industry with extra revenue.
Sure, they sell the hides to the leather industry, but that’s just kind of convenient for them to do. If they couldn’t sell the hides, they’d still be selling the meat. But the cattle industry could not get by on selling the hides without the meat.
Leather is simply small potatoes in comparison