Talk:Ahimsa Leather

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Leather is better

Leather makes for a better shoe than vinyl. Leather breathes naturally and your feet do not sweat as much as in the shoes made with artificial materials. Leather shoes don't gas-off like the vinyl shoes do. That gas can't be good for your body. Having worn both leather and vinyl shoes I feel that leather feels better and supports your legs and joints better.

As for the fear that cattle are being killed to support the shoe industry that does not happen. Cattle are killed for the meat and the leather is a by product. The farmer gets nothing for the hide of the animal. If the leather was not being used in shoes and other products it would be wasted. The butchery waste from the slaughtering of animals is used in many things. The blood and bones become blood and bone meal. This is used instead of chemical fertilizers to grow the organic vegetables that our vegan friends consume.
Man is an omnivore and meat is a natural part of our diet. A meatless diet is unnatural in human beings. I respect my vegan friend's right to choose to live their life as they see fit but don't try to take the moral high ground. There is nothing moral about denying ones nature. There is such a thing as the "Circle of Life" (even before Disney) we are a part of that circle which includes death. Everything on this planet lives off of some other form of life. Cattle consume only certain types of plants and we consume cattle.

Trying to live a sustainable life and farming organically in Ohio.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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