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> Just as an FYI: Don't watch those videos if you like stuff like leather for example...I love the feeling of leather seats, but I'm looking for synthetic leather in my next car.

Genuinely curious: are animals slaughtered specifically for their leather? I always assumed that cattle raised for food would supply more than enough. If that's the case, buying leather in the current situation should not cause any extra suffering.

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Some animals are raised just for their leather while the meat from them is an additional source of income (especially if you consider luxury cars - one that finally got me was the fact that Lexus does not like leather from animals that were raised in farms that had barbed wire....because it damages the skin and hence the leather. I felt that that animals were raised and looked upon as numbers and use instead of them being organisms with feelings for example).

It does because of the market. Leather increases the return of a single animal. So meat can be sold cheaper, which again increases the demand. (Lower price -> higher demand)

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