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title: "Exotic Leathers: Why Fashion Products are More Sustainable than Some Research Suggests"
description: This report describes why fashion products are more sustainable than some research suggests.
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# Exotic Leathers: Why Fashion Products are More Sustainable than Some Research Suggests

Some of you may recall a [negative article](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/luxury-fashion-wildlife-imports-seized) published about exotic skins in National Geographic Magazine. 

The impetus for the article was a scientific paper published in a peer-reviewed journal. It concerned illegal trade by the luxury industry.  

When reading the original article, it was clear that it was false.  Therefore, myself and colleagues re-analysed the data used and confirmed this suspicion.  Nothing about the article was accurate.  We have published a short summary of this work in the popular literature that is receiving widespread coverage.  [Please see here](https://theconversation.com/exotic-leathers-why-fashion-products-are-more-sustainable-than-some-research-suggests-155692).

In addition, for those interested in the critical analysis of the original paper [please see here](https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13716).

At the time, the luxury industry received significant negative press about this.  The falsehoods in the original article and the National Geographic follow-up would easily be grounds for a defamation case.  Food for thought...

The work done to uncover and rebut this work was completed by People For Wildlife. Please share widely among your networks.

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