Does the meat industry work along with the leather industry for clothing?

I have always wondering if animals slaughtered for meat have the skins sold to factories that make leather clothes or do each industry "raise" their own animals?

Does the meat industry work along with the leather industry for clothing?
I wouldn't be surprised. They probably all work together and have a network that we would call "the circle of death". . .
Reply:I don't think slaughterhouses send the bloodied torn skins to leather workers...they have their own farms.
Reply:There may be some overlap, but not for the most part. Modern slaughterhouse production is very fast and extremely filthy, and it does not leave a skin that would be suitable for clothing.
Reply:Yes, and don't forget horses also.
Reply:I don't know about on beef farms , but i know that on alligator farms they harvest the skins, and then use the meat to feed the alligators, so that nothing goes to waste. I think that it would be less wasteful if they used the same hides.
Reply:Yes.


"Most of the millions of animals slaughtered for their skin endure the horrors of factory farming before being shipped to slaughter, where many may be skinned alive. When you buy leather you are supporting factory farms and slaughterhouses since skin is the most economically important byproduct of the meat industry."
Reply:It all boils down to profit.





It wouldn't be profitable to raise cattle just for their hides - it would be a waste of their meat. The same could be said for the beef industry - it wouldn't be profitable to just toss the hides, hooves, bones and other perceived "waste". They are used for things like gelatin, leather, and sometimes even cosmetic products.





So yes, it is fair to say they work together.
Reply:Yes. It's all part of cost management for the meat industry.
Reply:It would be better that way. Less waste.
Reply:Hides are shipped from the slaughterhouse to the tanneries to be used for leather production for the furniture and clothing industry.
Reply:no i dont think so. the skin from the slaughter house would be so bloody and torn that it wouldn't work. but im not really sure.

shamrock