Neither would I but what about the hide?
Comment on Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally?
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
To me it’s not a matter of ethics but a matter of health. Unless you saw the animal die from something that clearly isn’t disease I wouldn’t trust meat I just found laying around.
baggins@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 18 hours ago
This is something that has always bothered me about roadkill animals (esp deer which are particularly prevalent as roadkill in my area).
Its my understanding that the hide can remain in good and usable condition for days to weeks after the animal’s death. It seems that this could be a decent source of blankets and other light-medium cold weather gear.
I’d imagine it largely comes down to the skinning process. The internal organs of dead animals are supposed to get real gross real fast (and that’s in the best case scenario - if anything ruptured when they were hit, then the grossness increasing exponentially) and removing those is the first step towards skinning. Additionally, everything in harvesting the hide would need to be done by hand.
But boy, if we could build one of those Boston dynamics bots to do it…
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I trust old meat I find lying around. It may be a different color, but it still spends the same.
tyler@programming.dev 1 day ago
It doesn’t have to be edible. Glue, gelatin for skin mimicry, clothing, and bones for weapons, etc are all non-edible uses of animals.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Good point. I forgot vegans included all that stuff and not just eating animal products.
UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
For me personally: Veganism is also about signaling to the outside world. Suppose I were to skin an animal that died naturally and make a jacket out of it, this would probably be the most ethical way to produce a leather jacket. But I still wouldn’t wear it, because by doing so I would signal to the outside world that it’s okay to wear the skinned hide of animals. Outsiders can’t know under what circumstances I got the leather.
It’s perhaps a bit more radical, but I also throw away non-vegan foods that I get unintentionally. Simply because I don’t want to project to the outside: “Here you go. I would never eat it because I find it unethical, but if you eat it, then that’s okay.”