Per the title. If an animal dies out in nature without any human involvement, shouldn’t it be considered vegan to harvest any of the useful parts from it (not nessicarily meat, think hide), since there was no human-caused suffering involved?

Similarly, is driving a car not vegan because of the roadkill issue?

Especially curious to hear a perspective from any practicing moral vegans.

Also: I am not vegan. That’s why I’m asking. I’m not planning on eating roadkill thank you. Just suggesting the existence of animal-based vegan leather.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    but did you want to answer the question

    I did…

    it was made up in the 1940s by some guy who thought vegetarians weren’t good enough, and he set whatever rules he wanted to

    Every reason why you can/can’t do something and be Vegan, is because the guy who made the word up ~80 years ago decided it should be like that

    You’re acting like it’s a math or science, like it’s based on logic or something…

    It’s not, so the answer to “why” is essentially “because the founder said that”?

    Does that make sense now?