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Op-Ed | Why Chanel’s Exotic Skins Ban Is Wrong

While well-meaning, the French luxury house’s move to stop manufacturing products made from snakes, crocodiles, lizards and other reptiles will hurt animal conservation efforts and local communities, argue Daniel Natusch, Rosie Cooney, Tomas Waller and Grahame Webb.
Crocodile Chanel bag
Crocodile Chanel bag (Getty Images)
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  • Daniel Natusch, Rosie Cooney, Tomas Waller,
  • Grahame Webb

Luxury fashion brands save species. Fact. But the recent announcement by

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