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Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer?

  • Written by Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Enterprise, Torrens University Australia
Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer?apple2499/Shutterstock

Dotted across northern Australia are 21 saltwater crocodile farms, home to around 130,000 crocodiles. Their skins are turned into crocodile leather, long sought for use in luxury handbags, belts and other items.

While fur lost favour due to welfare concerns about animals such as mink, chinchillas and arctic foxes raised for...

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