In pics: Protesters strip for 'blood-soaked' anti-leather demo in Spain - The Local

Must admit I'm a bit confused on this one, though I didn't realise Spanish folk were so big on this thing.

I well understand protests against animals being kept or hunted purely for their skins, mainly fur coats I imagine, but this is described as an anti leather protest which I presume is against the use of any animal skins such as those produced mainly for meat consumption.

Having recently started to pay more attention to the truth, the atrocities against animals in factory farming and slaughter houses etc., I can understand this. There are choices, wearing an other living beings skin is not necessary.

I take your point regarding factory farming, however it's highly unlikely animals will no longer be raised for meat even in the distant future, so does it not make sense that their skins are also put to good use ?

But leather comes from cattle and calves who have already been killed for their meat. Better to process the hides than to simply throw them away, surely.
I get the impression that there is more 'factory' farming here in Spain than say in Britain, especially in the pig and poultry sector. Almost half of all pigmeat produced in Britain is now from outdoor systems.

Seriously?

All jamon iberico must be from effectively free range pigs. And jamon iberico is everywhere. And if it is "de bellota" then those pigs have the best life possible

Here in Asturias, every spare field has beautiful Asturian cows roaming on them

And in the villages here the hens roam around like they always have done

I am not saying that this produce is what ends up at mercadona, it must certainly doesn´t, but it does end up in at the neighbourhood carnicerias

The butchers where we go proudly announce that all their meat comes from traditional breeds being fed on the finest pastures around Asturias. You have to queue up for 30 minutes on a Saturday it is so popular! They can name exactly where their meat comes from

So obviously I strongly disagree. We eat a lot of amazing meat here in Spain and rarely do we ever eat intensively reared meat. There are so many better options

I understand that this is not the case in the South, but in the North yes it is, especially in Euskadi!

Everything you say is correct for the north (Galicia, Asturias, Pais Vasco), but when you consider the rest of Spain which is a huge area, then certainly pigs and poultry are still largely reared indoors, unfortunately. Everytime you pass some buildings with a feed silo adjoining them it'll be either for pigs or poultry. And you see them everywhere.
I'd like to visit an abattoir here to compare with British ones.

Factory Rabbit farming is also common throughout Spain including the N.W. , the Spanish being very partial to a bit of conejo once in a while.