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Madagascar’s crocodile farms could be back in business

27/08/2015

Press in Africa have reported how two crocodile farms housing up to 18,000 animals between them may soon be back in business as talks about a ban on exports hinted it could be lifted next year. Exports of crocodile products were banned in 2008, and local crocodile farms closed and the wild populations rose. A local tannery, which uses mimosa to...

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