BUSINESS

Monitors: Pprotected, Then Hunted

Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/06/2012

» Who would have thought that the reptile most hated in Thai society, taken as a jinx bringing us bad luck, might end up as something useful in people's daily lives?Leather made from water monitor lizards is expected to be commercially manufactured over the next two years after the reptile is taken off the list of preserved species, according to the chairman of the Thai Leather Association.