http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/2009/06/12/after-while-crocodile/ the good, the bad, the philly Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/2009/06/12/after-while-crocodile/comment-page-1/#comment-752 New York Computer Repair Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:46:21 +0000 http://style.pwblogs.com/?p=5516#comment-752 Wow, the treatment of those crocodiles is incredibly sad and disappointing. I do agree with you on a practical level that it seems less egregious to use cowhide from an animal slaughtered for meat. To need three or four six-year-old crocs to make one handbag is heinous. For $60,000 a pop you'd think they could develop some sort of synthetic material that probably appears identical. I guess no one would want to buy it though :( Wow, the treatment of those crocodiles is incredibly sad and disappointing. I do agree with you on a practical level that it seems less egregious to use cowhide from an animal slaughtered for meat. To need three or four six-year-old crocs to make one handbag is heinous. For $60,000 a pop you’d think they could develop some sort of synthetic material that probably appears identical. I guess no one would want to buy it though

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