Just a Dog Podcast · Episode 26 · March 26, 2026 · 49 min
Dog leather looks exactly like cow leather. Did you know that? | Abigail Forsyth, PETA Asia
There's a dog asleep on your sofa right now, or there was this morning. And there's a reasonable chance something in your wardrobe is made from dog leather. Abigail Forsyth is Campaign Manager for PETA Asia , leading investigations and campaigns across the region to expose animal exploitation. In this conversation, she talks through the industries designed to stay invisible: the dog leather trade operating inside Chinese slaughterhouses, puppy mills producing litter after litter while 100,000 dogs sit in UK shelters, the dog meat trade and what South Korea's landmark ban actually means, and thousands of dogs still used in UK laboratories every year. We also get into why we disconnect what we see from what we know, how quickly public perception can shift when people are given the truth, and why these industries only change when consumers stop funding them. This episode wasn't made to shame anyone. It was made to close the gap between not knowing and knowing. If you'd like to learn more about the dog leather trade, please visit https://www.peta.org.uk/news/were-calling-on-the-eu-to-ban-dog-leather/