A cold front is expected to bring showers and thunderstorms through North Central Florida this week, and Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Fernanda Ponce says the rain could play a big part in our current fire condition.
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Alligator farming has become a critical source of skins for the leather industry. The skins are more pristine and can be raised in the most optimal conditions and many more of them can be supplied. Alligator farming has also played a role in conservation efforts for the species. But a consequence of the advent of farming has been an oversupply of skins that has made their value plummet. This oversupply has mainly come from large-scale industrial farms that can slaughter thousands of animals every week and have chomped smaller operations out of business.