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Friday, September 5, 2008 |
Friday, September 5, 2008 |
Photo: U.S. Alligator Meat, Skin Prices Rise After Hurricanes, DroughtLast year two hurricanes and a drought ravaged the U.S. Gulf Coast and damaged one of the region's more unusual ventures, the alligator-farming industry. Higher salinity in Louisiana marshesthe result of storms pushing ocean water inlandhas reduced the alligator harvest by almost 50 percent, farmers say. Photograph by John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk/Contributor/National Geographic/Getty Images
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