Demand for alligator skin plummets

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Business  Sun, 08/16/2009 - 11:08

A crate of 816 alligator hides from Abbeville, La., fill a crate at the Heng Long International Ltd. tannery in Singapore.<br /><br />The hides, from small farmed alligators, are cured in salt and rolled up before they are sent to the tannery.As conspicuous consumption loses some of its cachet during the recession, the swamp's most conspicuous consumers have less to fear from humans.



 

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