Europe is the world's largest importer of leather shoes but much of the leather itself comes from cattle farms deep in the Brazilian Amazon, where farms use slave labourers and where slaughterhouses do not respect workers' safety. Ida Dalgaard Steffensen reports
Revealed: how our shoes are linked to deforestation and slavery in the Amazon Ida Dalgaard Steffensen DanWatch | 26th October 2012 News News Leather Fashion Ecologist Film Unit Natural World cows.jpg …
Cattle crammed into trucks, calves hurled on their backs and other serious animal welfare abuses happen daily in India. Despite ambitious legislation, animal welfare is a concept the leather industry are yet to embrace. Peter Bengtsen reports
… rabbit farm proposals could see return of fur farming to UK Undercover footage of Portuguese … reality of intensive factory-style rabbit farming, which may now make a comeback in the …
India’s tanning industry has started tackling environmental issues but its progress on worker safety is woeful. As Peter Bengtsen found out, illness and deaths linked to toxic tanning chemicals appear worryingly common
Toxic chemicals used for leather production poisoning India’s tannery workers Pter Bengsten Danwatch | 26th October 2012 News News Leather Fashion Slavery Natural World dsc_0123 resized.jpg India’s …