Leather Seats and PETA

I noted an article that Mercedes-Benz has agreed to offer 'leather free' versions of all its cars to pacify an animal rights group. PETA maintains thousands of cows are slaughtered each year for car seats.

When you consider that the skins of four to 15 cows are needed for each car this means thousands of cows will be spared, " said PETA researcher Edmund Haferback. "this is a huge victory for animal rights."

Um... might there be another reason that cows are slaughtered besides getting hides? My bet is this will only mean a drop in high quality seat leather prices in the wholesale market and not one bit of a drop in total slaughter numbers because of this.

One benefit for me to this whole idiocy is the potential for lowered costs of Bridge of Weir hides. If you follow the link, please note color 051 Dove Gray. One day...one day.