| The recent international appetite for exotic leather | | | | appalled at the number of accessories and curios |
| and skin accessories has led to a revival of previous | | | | crafted out of the real deal. |
| years of confusion and minor uproar from the | | | | Nature conservation too successful |
| environmentally-friendly against the fashion fundis. | | | | The hard facts behind the growing market for |
| Since French actress Brigitte Bardot donned the | | | | leather and exotic skin products, like crocodile skin |
| mantle of animal rights activist and raised awareness | | | | wallets, leopard skin shoes and ostrich skin handbags, |
| of the cruelty of wearing fur for fun, most | | | | is that nature conservation in South Africa has almost |
| environmentally correct observers have embraced | | | | been too successful in its task. |
| the notion of faux instead of genuine and are quite | | | | |