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I'm a leather craftsman, the majority of hides used in the industry are from cattles animals destined to meat consumption. Which means that skin is a by-product of our meat usage and would be destroyed if we didn't use it elsewhere, like making bags and all. The only animals that are killed only for their skin are the "exotic" ones, like snakes, crocodiles, frogs, ... etc. Which for me is kind of sad to see.
I'm excluding fur from all of this.
I mean we need to reduce our meat consumption anyway, especially beef for climate change and land/water use reasons, so it would be nice to have a leather backup once the current supply of beef cattle starts to dry up.
some people might need to, but it's not universal
We already do. Synthetics
Lab grown meat is sort of a thing too. Its a good opportunity to cut down on natural meat production though i assume there are many other things used from a body that will still needed but maybe can be made effectively synthetically
Lab grown meat is fed serum from killed cows. It's all bullshit.
You talking about the stem cells or cell lines? If so thats not true from what I read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat
“Cell lines can be collected from a primary source, i.e., through a biopsy on an animal under local anesthesia. They could also be established from secondary sources such as cryopreserved cultures (cultures frozen after previous research)”
And even if it were, it would at the very least reduce the amount of cow killing necessary as you get more meat per cow since meat can be grown. I also dont know how many times stem cells can be reused but they are often reused as indicated in the above quote.
Then lab-grown leather pairs well with lab-grown steak
If someone is profiting, it's a co product