CROCODILE SKINS' INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
When you go to the mall, you can observe a variety of
coats, shoes, and bags like the ones in the picture, which are worth thousands of dollars. This
one right here is the Hermès white Himalaya crocodile diamond Birkin bag, it might
be considered the most precious possession made by the brand and it costs $379,261,
making it the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction. But do people really
know how much suffering is behind this classy, cute bag? Can you assure that
the process by which the skin was taken off from the crocodile wasn’t harmful?
Certainly not.
Like this bag there are thousands of other wearable
merchandise made of crocodile skin, and each one of it requires at least one
adult crocodile life to be slaughter. Vietnam exports 30,000 crocodile skins
every year, not only to brands such as Hermès, but also to Louis Vuitton, Prada
and other brands that take advantage of these animals whose only sin is having
exotic skin.
They are enclosed through all their lives in a squalor smaller
than their bodies, waiting in line for the death penalty to finally happen.
Workers shock them in an attempt to stun them, then they’re carried to a room
where they’ll be slaughtered. The procedure after this is inhuman, they stab them in the face with a metal rod, while they’re still alive and moving, then
they start taking the skin off their bodies slowly and painfully, they can
survive hours during and after this procedure, experiencing a prolonging and
full of ache death.
Taking this into account, we personally think that so much torture is unnecessary, especially when there are so many vegan fabrics that can be used instead. We live in a world where vanity is more important than humanity and solidarity with the other species that are living in our same world that deserve the same treatment that we have.
These brands and fashionable goods should evolve due to
the fact that crocodiles and many other animals are experiencing harships because of the
industries' selfish needs; therefore, we, as consumers, should encourage others to be
more aware of how a cute, classy bag can hide all this dark story with an enduring agony behind.
They are enclosed through all their lives in a squalor smaller
than their bodies, waiting in line for the death penalty to finally happen.
Workers shock them in an attempt to stun them, then they’re carried to a room
where they’ll be slaughtered. The procedure after this is inhuman, they stab them in the face with a metal rod, while they’re still alive and moving, then
they start taking the skin off their bodies slowly and painfully, they can
survive hours during and after this procedure, experiencing a prolonging and
full of ache death.Taking this into account, we personally think that so much torture is unnecessary, especially when there are so many vegan fabrics that can be used instead. We live in a world where vanity is more important than humanity and solidarity with the other species that are living in our same world that deserve the same treatment that we have.
These brands and fashionable goods should evolve due to
By Valeria Villera and Stella Duque, Step 9
