Tag Archives: leather

Crocodile tears – getting under our skin

Posted on September 2, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

In the past few days, I’ve seen several excellent posts condemning a well-known designer brand for their use of crocodile skins for leather goods while exposing the conditions in which these innocent creatures are ‘farmed’, with images and descriptions that … Continue reading →

Posted in Leather and skin, Victims in the shadows | Tagged animal rights, consumer demand, crocodile, designer, exclusive, fur, leather, victims | 4 Comments

December Days

Posted on December 10, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The festive consumer extravaganza is in full swing here in Scotland. Wandering aimlessly in a supermarket, I see a myriad seasonal items depicting animals; curly-coated lambs, fluffy bunnies, pink piglets, yellow chicks and doe-eyed, long-legged deer delightfully adorning pyjamas, duvet … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals, Uncategorized | Tagged bells, breast feeding, breast milk, cashmere, Christmas, consumer, consumer demand, festive, glisten, glitter, jingle bells, leather, milk, sheepskin, tinsel, wool | 7 Comments

About the words we use: ‘waste’

Posted on November 19, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The concept of ownership of members of nonhuman species and every single one of the uses we make of them, stems from the ugly prejudice known as speciesism, a prejudice with which almost every one of us is indoctrinated from … Continue reading →

Posted in Speciesism, Terminology | Tagged breast milk, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, corpse, dog, food, leather, nonvegan items, ownership, respect, respectful, speciesism, waste, wasteful, wool | 6 Comments

Victims in the shadows: emus

Posted on August 16, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

This series of short blogs hopes to shine a spotlight onto ways that humans exploit other creatures for financial gain, ways about which the majority of consumers are unaware. This is not intended to shock; it’s intended to illustrate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Speciesism, Victims in the shadows | Tagged butcher, consumer demand, consumers, emu, emu oil, emus, feathers, flay, flesh, leather, oil, oppression, plucking, prejudice, shoppers, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism | 8 Comments

Memories of leather and fur

Posted on March 22, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

A persistent memory has plagued me all my life. I must have been quite young (possibly in the 1960s) because what I saw then would never be seen nowadays. I had spotted a truck in traffic. It drew my attention … Continue reading →

Posted in Harm reduction, Leather and skin | Tagged awakening, Chickens and eggs, Cruelty, dairy, fur, harm, leather, milk, Single Issue Campaigns, slink, speciesism, Torture, veganism, victims | 24 Comments

Thoughts about living in a nonvegan world

Posted on January 17, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There’s an Elephant in the Room was recently contacted with an enquiry from someone who is not vegan, about whether a vegan would continue to participate in activities that used nonvegan equipment. Sharing my response. Question: ‘I do have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged awakening, balls, commodification, consumer demand, harm, human superiority, justice, leather, nonviolence, resources, respect, rights, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, sport, sporting, sports equipment, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 10 Comments

In a nutshell: the victims of vegetarianism

Posted on July 10, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The ‘In a nutshell’ series will attempt to summarise key issues and concepts about which I have previously written at length. As a former vegetarian, I know from personal experience that a reluctance to eat ‘meat’ is the main motive … Continue reading →

Posted in In a nutshell, Vegetarianism explained | Tagged ahimsa silk, baby steps, cheese, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, diet, feathers, fur, harm, honey, justice, leather, milk, nonviolence, sentience, silk, silk worms, slaughter, slink, speciesism, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, violence, wool | 23 Comments

Vegetarianism – a step in the wrong direction for me

Posted on May 1, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

On Facebook it is always astonishing to me to witness how heatedly debates arise between long-term vegetarians and those who advocate veganism. Vegetarianism is frequently proclaimed as a ‘step in the right direction’ and staunchly defended by so many who obviously are both sincere … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, Vegetarianism explained | Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, dairy, diet, feathers, leather, silk, speciesism, transition, veganism, vegetarianism, vivisection | 6 Comments