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Exotic Leather News: Crocodile Skin from the Philippines

Posted by Abram Mendal on Apr 14, 2012 12:24:00 PM

According to businessmirror.com, the Philippines government is exploring development of a crocodile farming industry.

"The government is eyeing the economic benefits of having a fully developed crocodile-farming industry in the Philippines through crocodile farming for crocodile skin exotic leather and meat.

Co-operators of crocodile farms are now in business of supplying fresh and processed crocodile meat harvested from crocodile farms.

The development of crocodile-farming technology in the Philippines can be traced back in 1987 with the establishment of the Crocodile Farming Institute (CFI) in Barangay Irawan, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

CFI, now called the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (PWRRC), was established to conserve the two species of “critically endangered” Philippine crocodiles and to empower the communities from the economic benefit of crocodile through crocodile farming.

See the full article here.

Topics: crocodile skin