Does anyone know where I can find information regarding how "x-amount of animals are killed to make a leather coat/pair of shoes/fur coat/etc?" I've looked everywhere and I'm not finding the definite numbers ( Read more... )

This article is so, so good.  It's incredibly moving and really shows once and for all the problems with leather on so many levels.  If you ever wanted to argue with someone about leather, here's all the ammunition you need.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/30/863/

by Bruce Friedrich (sp? I think I got that right)

Excerpts:

"It’s an odd ( Read more... )