The fashion industry kills millions of wild and farmed animals for leather, with vegan alternatives now offering competitive quality and reduced welfare harm.
Wild-caught reptiles for leather experience capture stress, transport, and slaughter methods that often lack any welfare consideration. Captive crocodilians on farms are typically kept in grossly overcrowded conditions. Pythons collected from the wild are subject to extreme stress during collection and transport. The existence of comparable plant-based and synthetic alternatives means the welfare harm of exotic leather is increasingly difficult to justify.