GO Leather Free

Presented by Nirav Sanghvi.

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Introduction

Life is a great gift to all of us. It is such a precious gift that we must use it fruitfully and wisely. This is also true for animals. The presentation is designed to talk you through the lifecycle of leather, paying particular attention to the humanity aspect towards animals.

Every day millions of animals are being slaughtered for leather. In that way leather is no different from Meat. By way of this presentation we would like to urge people to STOP using LEATHER goods.

LET US STOP THIS GLORY BUSINESS FROM OUR SIDE. LET US AVOID THE BLOODY MASSACRE OF INNOCENT ANIMALS.

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What is Leather? - Fashion statement or CrueltyLeather is an Animal skin.

Myths about leather….

Some people believe that leather is produced from animals already died naturally. Some people think it’s OK to use leather because it is a by-product of meat industries

Please remember that…

NOT ALL LEATHER COMES FROM MEAT INDUSTRYThe global leather industry slaughters every year more than a billion animals to create fashionable expensive leather accessories for sale in fashion industries.

Leather is the most expensive product and income from leather constitutes a significant portion of total revenue of animal industries. As such, now leather is considered as one of the main products in the cattle industry.

The animals are killed only because there is a demand for their flesh and skin. If the demand decreases, fewer animals will be killed

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5 things every leather consumer should know

1. One PETA investigation found that some slaughter houses break the tails of their cows while they are conscious, tobacco & chili powder rubbed into their eyes. This forces the cattle to stay conscious and mobile if they were to collapse en-route to the slaughter house, usually the result of exhaustion.

2. Captive Bolt Stunning involves using a “gun” to shoot a metal rod through the brain of the animal. Often times these rods miss, creating a slow and excruciating death for the animal.

Large plants commonly use conveyor systems to restrain cows and pigs during stunning

Captive bolt stunning in center track restrainer

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5 things every leather consumer should know

3. Designer bags often comes from reptiles skinned alive because of the belief that live flaying imparts more elasticity, or “give,” if taken when the snake or lizard is still alive. A nail through the head pins the animal to a tree, a foot holds the writhing tail straight, and a knife cuts down each side to rip off the skin.

4. Kid goats are boiled alive to make gloves, and the skins of unborn calves and lambs—some purposely aborted, others taken from slaughtered pregnant cows and ewes—are considered especially “luxurious.”

Leather workers skinning snake

Kid goat being burnt alive

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5 things every leather consumer should know

5. As the result of extremely confined spaces, pigs are denied proper exercise and become so weak that they can hardly move themselves several yards. Workers slam metal hooks into their mouths, rectums, and eyes just to keep get them onto transportation trucks.

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Animal life cycle in Leather industry SAVE Animals by STOP using Leather

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Baby-Animal Leather

Older animals produce coarse more inexpensive leather, while younger animals produce smoother, lighter leather

Younger the animal is at the time of slaughter, the smoother & finer the grain structure of the skin, & the less likelihood of damage due to scratches, parasites, or dung contamination. (Think of all the leather products touting how “soft and supple” they are.) The skin of the female is usually finer grained than that of the male and has a looser fiber structure that results in a softer, stretcher leather. (Think of how much softer your mother’s skin is compared to your father’s.)

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Animal life before being slaughtered for fashion

UpbringingAnimals are locked away their entire lives in industrial farms, deprived of all opportunity to fulfill their natural needs including the bond between the mother & young, social bonding& even basic physical needs like eating food essential to their health or seeing sunlight.

TransportationAnimals are crammed onto trucks until there is no more room, body against body, tied together by a rope, & transported hundreds of kilometers on bumpy roads to the slaughterhouse. Fractures and death are a regular consequence of these horrific journeys.

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Animals on their way to Slaughter houseSAVE Animals by STOP using Leather

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Final BreathSAVE Animals by STOP using Leather

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Adieu (Goodbye) "You see the fear in my eyes, as you cut open my neck.I can't hide, I am scared, I am going to die.Is there anyone who can help me escape?It's too late, darkness comes.– by CK Moore

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Adieu(Goodbye)SAVE Animals by STOP using Leather

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Fashion Victims

PIG GOAT COW BUFFALO CAT

SNAKE SHEEP ALLIGATOR OSTRICH DOG

WHALE TIGER ELEPHANT SEAL KANGAROO

HORSE MONKEY DEER BEAR RABBIT

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Fashion accessoriesSAVE Animals by STOP using Leather

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Leather Material Alternatives• Artificial leather : Are made using a wide variety of materials and processes,

making it likely that you can find a fake leather that suits your tastes. While many fake leathers are made from different kinds of plastic, some earth-friendly, vegan faux leather is made from plant fibers and eco-friendly processes. Fake suedes look very much like the real thing, made with a realistic-looking artificial nap. Look to wholesale fabric suppliers for the widest selections of fake leathers

• Rubber : Compared to leather, rubber is more stretchy, but similar in appearance and strength to certain treatments of leather. Rubber is a popular alternative to leather for flexible shoe soles, some clothing (especially novelty clothing) and hand-held items or grips, such as steering wheel grips

• Denim : For a basic tough, long-lasting fabric that's often a good stand-in for leather, use thick, tightly-wound denim. Denim is a good fill-in for small handcrafted items where you would normally use leather, such as book bindings, billfolds or small pouches. Be sure to give loose denim edges a hem or coat them with hemming glue; although denim is comparable to leather in toughness and flexibility, unlike leather, it will fray

• Rubber : Compared to leather, rubber is more stretchy, but similar in appearance and strength to certain treatments of leather. Rubber is a popular alternative to leather for flexible shoe soles, some clothing (especially novelty clothing) and hand-held items or grips, such as steering wheel grips

• Vinyl : Vinyl is a popular replacement for leather, especially in the manufacture of clothing. It may come in the form of realistic-looking textured fake leather, or it may be used to create shiny, form-fitting clothes that can be flashier than leather while still producing a similar look.

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Do’s & Don'tsDo’s• Spread message ‘GO Leather Free’ in your community and

discourage usage of leather products• Create an awareness about animal cruelty in Leather

industry among your community. • Educate yourself on the alternatives to the leather that

exist• Always ask for non leather product when you go for

shopping• Help others by providing information about alternatives

products and place from where they can by non leather products

Don'ts• Don’t use leather products switch over to non leather

products• Don’t accept or give leather products as ‘Gift’• Don’t buy leather upholstery for your home or car, always

choose the cruelty-free option• Don’t promote leather products

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Pledge against leather

1. If you are using leather goods, Please pledge today that you will switch over to non leather goods henceforth. In fact, all these synthetic materials are available in a variety of rich colors, materials and textures and are inexpensive too

2. If you feel that you can not go leather-free overnight, you may want to gradually replace leather goods with animal-friendly goods.

3. Let us not be just passive spectators to all this atrocities on innocent animals. It is indeed a crime to be silent. Let us do something. Let us give our voice to these voiceless animals

4. Let us login to the website www.GoLeatherFree.Info and affirm your intention to go leather free and take a step forward to give a new life to our animals

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