This is about eat what you catch or grow. use every thing waste nothing!

Be really people. Leather is an important product. You know how valueable, and usefull leather is? Wallets, tennis shoes, furniture, womens expensive purses ect.

NO

its not ok to kill just for the skin but if people are eating them anyway why not make use of all of the animal

haha----someone has to cloth San Fran

WE NEED CLOTHES N SUCH AY!!

I personally dont like leather! Ew! If i could I'd b a vegetarian but i have already been raised eating meat and <3 it!

ANIMAL CRUELTY IS WRONG!!!

cows are raised for food.i don't like to think of them being killed,but if they are gonna be,i geuss its better to use everything.

boooooo!!!!!!

If all parts of the animal is used and it is killed in a humane (the most humane way possible) it is okay.

Durable, long lasting, warm clothing.  Made from some of the parts of the critter left over after you've eaten the bulk of it.  

I don't mind the use of the leather if the animals were used for food and the leather was used as a result of that but just killing an animal for it's hide, head, or whatever is just WRONG!

Calling it leather production makes it sound like the animals are working in a tannery or operating a hoof adapted sewing machine.  They are involved in leather production in that they are giving up their skin for use by humans, hopefully after they die.  It's no different or worse than giving up the rest of their parts for the BBQ.

Reminds me of that old joke: What's the difference between invlovement and commitment?  If you are making bacon and eggs, it can be said the chicken was involved but the pig was committed.

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these ppl should also b shot

ok for clothing

Depends on how/if the rest of the animal was used.

I'm a leather lover. Sadly, while you eat that hamburger, you shouldn't feel bad for the cow's skin!

I think when animals are killed for food the rest of them should be used as well.

Im 100% against this

I'll support this. We were given dominion and I need boots.

UPDATE: I eat enough of the animals in question to where they don't exactly have to kill extra to satisfy the few leather goods I have.

some people like real leather, and furs...but I will never own a real fur

Love leather

I don't believe that animals should be killed sole purposely for the usage of leather. But, if the meat is going to be eaten, then you might as well go ahead and use the hide.

If you're going to eat the meat from the cow, why not also use the skin?

sometimes i wear leather things i already own, but i try not to buy anything new thats leather

We eat the cow anyway, right?

i like leather.....

Every year, the global leather industry slaughters more than a billion animals and tans their skins and hides.

After you eat the meat underneath, it makes logical sense to not let the hide go to waste. We humans have been doing this for many years now, and I don't see a point in stopping. Just be sure you get the ugly part over with as pain-free as possible.

Love that leather smell, plus this is the byproduct of meat-cattle processing because the hide can be reused and this is not wasted.

three words: rich, corinthian, leather (spoken like ricardo montablan)

Warm, fashionable, durable- CS says "Thanks critters!"

As I type this I am wearing a pair of comfy white leather tennis shoes and have a nice little brown leather purse sitting below my desk.  Yes, like much of the world, I have leather goods.  But when I really think about this and several other aspects of "animal useage" it still makes me a little queasy.

Only if this animal already dead, or killed for meat, but not alive animal for its skin.

Since the bulls are already being used to make beef,I see no reason to waste the skin.There is really no satisfactory man made leather substitute.However,I do object to the inhumane treatment of any animal in the slaughterhouse.Humane slaughterhouses,believe it or not-do actually exist.

Haven't seen a better material for making shoes yet.

I rely on protective leather gear in my profession, so this is an important commodity that animals provide. Though I am with the other posters on this board who call for the humane treatment of the bovine that are used in its production.

The reason I am okay with leather and not fur is because we at least EAT the rest of the cow. How many of us have had a mink steak lately? I'd wager not many. If you're going to kill something, you should use ALL of it, or at least as much as you can.

You might as well get used to it, folks. Most of the synthethic substances come from petroleum, and you know what is happening there.

Animal use for our own gain bothers me but....since we eat the meat of these animals...it seems a shame to waste the skin. I don't OWN any leather but...I don't have anything against those that do. In this day and age, it isn't like we're killing wild cows for their skins, they've all been domesticated. I don't suppose that makes it right but...for me at least, it helps.

If we use the animal for steak and hamburger, it is kind of useless for the skins to go to waste. Make some leather chaps.

I'm a little torn on this one. is leather on the same level as meat or as fur? funny how so many people get touchy about a fur coat, but LOVE their leather jacket/sofa/boots/... unfortunately, not all leather comes from animals already being slaughtered for meat. i guess i'd still rather see the real thing, and not pleather...sorry cows!

Leather is a rather fussy material. When used on furniture, it can become either too sticky or cold. When used on shoes and accessories the leather could scuff or wear thin (rarely a problem with solid quality leather. I don't even want to talk about leather clothing...

As long as the leather is actually the skin of an animal being slaughtered for meat, might as well use they very useful leather. Don't want to hear of animals being slaughtered just for leather, like snakes, gators, or lizards.