Cows are cool

[Johanna]

http://www.cowsarecool.com/default.asp

This site just goes on and on with misinformed and ridiculous accusations...when I first looked at the site, I thought it was a parody. Sadly, in their mission to "educate" us, they prove they are ignorant of leather and how farmers and ranchers care for their animals. The suggestion to switch to vinyl shoes should be taken by all these bandwagon zealots, and they should all get athletes' foot, just for not taking the time to get real facts, and spreading lies and propaganda. I have never been to a slaughterhouse and seen cows skinned alive. And we all know this is crap:

Goats may be boiled alive to make kid gloves, and the skins of purposely aborted calves and lambs are considered especially "luxurious."

Snakes and lizards are often skinned alive because of the belief that live flaying imparts suppleness to the finished leather.

Alligators on factory farms are packed into half-sunken sheds, immersed in filthy stagnant water rife with their own waste and the stench of rancid meat. Crocodiles are often caught in the wild with huge hooks and wires and reeled in when they become weakened from blood loss or drown. Many animals are skinned when they are still alive-sometimes remaining conscious and in agony for up to two hours-and then beaten to death with hammers, axes, and aluminum baseball bats.

Since leather is normally not labeled, you never really know where (or whom) it came from.

Most of the millions of animals slaughtered for their skin endure the horrors of factory farming before being shipped to slaughter, where many are skinned alive. Buying leather directly contributes to factory farms and slaughterhouses since skin is the most economically important byproduct of the meat-packing industry. Leather is also no friend of the environment since it shares all the environmental destruction of the meat industry, in addition to the toxins used in tanning.

With every pair of leather shoes that you buy, you sentence an animal to a lifetime of suffering. Instead, you can choose from hundreds of styles of nonleather shoes, clothing, belts, bags, and wallets. Fashion should be fun, not fatal!

Leather is not a slaughterhouse byproduct. It's a booming industry, a driving force for the cattle industry, and it accounts for two-thirds of the value of the slaughtered cattle. Even the hides of "veal" calves are made into high-priced calfskin. The economic success of slaughterhouses and factory farms is directly linked to the sale of leather goods. Decreasing demand for both animal foods and leather products will result in fewer cows' being factory-farmedather is not a slaughterhouse byproduct. It's a booming industry, a driving force for the cattle industry, and it accounts for two-thirds of the value of the slaughtered cattle. Even the hides of "veal" calves are made into high-priced calfskin. The economic success of slaughterhouses and factory farms is directly linked to the sale of leather goods. Decreasing demand for both animal foods and leather products will result in fewer cows' being factory-farmed

Good grief, someone should explain economics and standard slaughter procedures to these folks...but that might be beyond their grasp.

Johanna

[freak]

Good grief, someone should explain economics and standard slaughter procedures to these folks

They're to busy to listen and if they did then what would they rally about .? You should send them and invite to the forums here. Tell them most of the stuff they see here was done while the leather was still on the animal and alive. We call it eXtreme leather working.

I love animals....

They taste great !!

[Chitin]

Because the process used to make vinyl and other leather substitutes is SO environmentally friendly. If you're for animal rights, then you're against leather anyway, and that's fine; there's no reason to go lying about it. If your position isn't strong enough to back with the truth, it's time to reconsider your opinion.

[abn]

Tell them most of the stuff they see here was done while the leather was still on the animal and alive. We call it eXtreme leather working.

LOL

[CitizenKate]

So... like, meat is actually just a by-product from the leather industry? I guess this implies that they are opposed to eating, then? Whew - global warming has nothing on this!

Edited January 19, 2007 by CitizenKate

[dsenette]

i'm not a leatherworker...but i have been to a slaughter house...(a school field trip that i wish i could have skipped)...the animals are dead within 10 feet of entering the building...it's the first thing they do...

has anyone ever tried to skin a live animal?...i haven't but i would imagine that they might protest a little...

i have been to an aligator farm as well...i didn't see any mistreatment...sure there were more aligators in the water than there normally would be in an area that size....but..the water was filtered and refreshed daily...

Whew - global warming has nothing on this!

it's a known fact that global warming is caused by the hot air escaping from the member's of cowsarecool.com heads mixing with the patchouli and sandalwood given off by the pores of hippies...

Edited January 19, 2007 by dsenette

[CitizenKate]

Whenever I drive past a field where there are cattle grazing, I see racks of tanned leather. Maybe I should get a therapist.

Edited January 21, 2007 by CitizenKate

[Johanna]

I tell the kids, "Look at the pretty blankets!"

Johanna

[freak]

I rub my stomach and yell out " Hello dinner" ! Then i think, I'de tool that. LOL

[Romey]

Hide is 2/3 of the cattle industry? Obviously this is the byproduct of when hippies do drugs, thier kids just aint right in the head.

Yes i often go out of my way to ride a broncy horse in a blizzard to save a $100 calf from freezing , fight its momma, convince my ride that a wet bawlin calf SHOULD be in the saddle with me only so i can get it home, skin it alive only to toss the carcass so i can sell its hide. All this time i had it all wrong.. Scary part is, these people vote.

Edited January 22, 2007 by Romey