Ask Hermès to Stop Selling Items Made From Crocodile and Alligator Skins

Crocodiles and alligators are stabbed, confined, and have their brains scrambled with metal rods. Tell Hermès to stop supporting this!

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Necks Hacked in the Name of ‘Luxury’

From Texas to Zimbabwe, PETA entity investigators documented the appalling conditions in which animals are raised and/or killed for “luxury” Birkin bags, belts, and watchbands.

Alligators are packed in dank pools and crocodiles are crowded in barren concrete pits for months or even years before finally being slaughtered for their skins. An investigator documented that workers crudely hacked into the necks of some alligators and tried to scramble their brains with metal rods – all in the name of “luxury.” Some animals were still conscious, flailing, and kicking, even minutes after workers tried to kill them.

Sawed Open, Left to Bleed to Death

Every PETA exposé of the wildlife-skins industry has shown that no matter the source – or the "standards" touted by brands – products made from skins involve forcing highly intelligent, sensitive animals to endure squalid imprisonment and a violent death.

PETA US conducted an eyewitness investigation into the wildlife-skins trade and found live reptiles sawed open and left to bleed to death on farms that supply skins to luxury brand Hermès.

The World’s Largest Crocodile Farm

In 2020, it was first reported that Australia’s largest crocodile farm was in the works – which can now imprison up to 50,000 saltwater crocodiles at a time and is reportedly owned by a subsidiary of Hermès. Imagine how many sentient beings are languishing there right now, completely hidden from public view.

The Real Price of Birkin Bags

Alligator skins are turned into "luxury" items such as watch straps, while crocodile belly skins are used to make items such as the Hermès-designed "Birkin" and "Kelly" handbags, which can cost £30,000 or more. It takes two or three crocodiles to make just one handbag.

Please speak out for these animals! Send a message to Hermès management demanding that the company stop selling items made from alligator and crocodile skins.

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Ms

Sharon

MacBeath

Hermès

Dear {contact_data~title} {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName},

I was horrified to learn that Hermès is still selling wildlife skins – even after hearing from PETA that crocodiles, alligators, lizards, and ostriches suffer their whole lives before being violently killed for expensive bags, belts, and accessories.

A PETA US eyewitness investigation revealed that alligators on a farm in Texas that supplied an Hermès-owned tannery were kept in fetid water in dank, dark sheds and denied sunshine, fresh air, clean water, and basic medical care. A worker cut into the necks of more than 500 conscious alligators as they struggled to escape. Some were flailing and kicking for minutes after workers tried to kill them. On a farm in Zimbabwe, tens of thousands of Nile crocodiles were confined to concrete pits from birth to slaughter. Many skins from their stomachs are sent to an Hermès-owned tannery. It takes two or three crocodiles to make just one handbag.

No matter the source – or the "standards" touted by brands – products made from animal skins involve forcing highly intelligent, sensitive animals to endure squalid imprisonment and a violent death.

Please make a strong statement against animal abuse by ending your sale of wildlife skins.

Sincerely,

{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}
{user_data~EMail Address}

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