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This stretch of small, dark buildings hold 2000 alligators.

Alligators grouped according to age in small pools of shallow water.

Alligators grouped according to age in small pools of shallow water.

The inside of an alligator factory farm.

The tour guide amuses guests by throwing a live mouse into the pool, instigating a short-lived feeding frenzy from the alligators.

During a tour children have the opportunity to tape shut an alligator's face.

Alligator presentation.

At the end of a tour, children can handle newborn alligators.

Boats crowd around a wild alligator for a photo op. Florida, USA, 2011.

An alligator is kept in small quarters and on display for tourists. Florida, USA, 2011.

Tourist with an alligator during a presentation. Florida, USA, 2011.

Alligator products in the gift shops. Florida, USA, 2011.

Souvenirs in a gift shop. Florida, USA, 2011.

Souvenir skulls for $19.99. Florida, USA, 2011.

A crocodile farm holds several hundred animals in a series of small enclosures. Cambodia, 2011.

Pure crocodile or sting ray leather for sale at an alligator farm. Cambodia, 2011.

Crocodiles, less than a year old, at a crocodile farm. Cambodia, 2011.

Young crocodiles at a farm. Cambodia, 2011.

Crocodile farm. Cambodia, 2011.

A worker carries dried hides piled on his head. The skins of large cattle from the Hindu states of India are particularly valuable because they tend to have less scars and blemishes due to their holy status.

A worker closes a large barrel filled with hides and chemicals, used for the tanning process at a tannery in Hazaribagh, Dhaka.

In Hazaribagh, a part of western Dhaka reknowned for its tanneries, several workers scrape the chemicaly dissolved fatty layers from the hides with specially designed knives.

The remains of processed and colourfully dyed leather lie at the edge of the street in Hazaribagh, the quarter of Dhaka known for its tanneries.

A contributory to the River Buriganga in Hazaribagh, Dhaka, is littered with rubbish and the remains of leather. According to a report by the Blacksmiths Institue of New York in 2013, Hazaribagh is the fifth most polluted area in the world.

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