Modern-Day Buffalo

Another exotic animal that isn't in such high demand these days: alligator.


"Stolid men wade into shallow tanks and pull the alligators out by hand. Biting happens. After the gators are killed with a stab to the brain, they are skinned and sorted: heads and claws for the French Quarter souvenir shops, meat for the Cajun restaurants, guts for turtles, dogs or anything else whose tastes run that way."


NYTimes: As Sales Vanish, Skins Stay on Alligators