Article: Exotic leather.(TRADE & TRANSPORT)(Brief article)

If you've ever wished for apparel made from colobus monkey hides, you'll have to look outside California. But if you want kangaroo shoes, you may soon be in luck.

The California Senate voted late last month to legalize the import of kangaroo skins. Senate Bill 880 would amend the state penal code to allow the import and sale of the six commercially harvested species of kangaroo. But 20 other animals--including the polar bear, cobra and, yes, colobus monkey--are still off limits.

Though kangaroo ...

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