Leather & PETA
Leather is a durable and flexible material created by tanning animal rawhide and skins. The Rig-Veda has documented the use of Leather 'Mashaks' or sacks as early as 3000 B.C. The leather has been in use since the beginning of clothing! However , with the changing times the leather business started taking rise and became a symbol of status and India has become the second largest producer of footwear and leather garments in the world . India accounts for 13% of the world's leather production of hides/skin. The major production centres for footwear, leather and leather products in India are located in the States of; Tamil Nadu – Chennai,Ambur, Ranipet, Vaniyambadi, Vellore, Pernambut, Trichy, Dindigul and Erode; West Bengal – Kolkata; Uttar Pradesh – Kanpur, Agra, Noida, Saharanpur; Maharashtra – Mumbai; Punjab – Jalandhar; Karnataka – Bengaluru; Telengana Hyderabad; Haryana – Ambala, Gurgaon, Panchkula, Karnal and Faridabad; Delhi; Madhya Pradesh – Dewas; Kerala ...