Stingray Skin Morgue

Here is what a typical Stingray leather tannery warehouse looks like. One client calls it "the stingray morgue".

Within 1 day of posting this video we were contacted by a well-known TV production company asking to purchase this footage for a documentary they were producing. This production company deceptively pretended to be allies to Global Conservation and the Leather industry. Naturally, working in any aspect of the Animal trade is controversial; and we are very careful of those who disrespect our well deserved reputation for quality and knowledge of global Wildlife conservation.

We requested transcripts and were served a dubious, vague response about "trafficking" of leather. While "trafficking" this term can mean many things, it is often associated with the illegal drug and human trades. Since our business abides by all laws, and in fact our SERVICE provided to clients is to be sure all materials DO abide by Federal, State, and Local laws globally, we immediately questioned the motives of their request.

After speaking with them directly, we quickly cracked their scheme - they offered a low-ball figure of $200 to use our footage out of context to slander our trade of legal commodities by distorting a Saltwater Stingray into a documentary about Freshwater Stingray which is in fact not even used in any commercial applications. Indeed, we found the producer adamant about "saving animals", but had no fundamental knowledge of the animals themselves, the fisherman (often living in 3rd world conditions working just to survive), the politics and law of the Leather business, and the countries involved in a wide-scale Conservation operation. The producer also demonstrated no fundamental knowledge of how their documentary's premise hurts the well-being of thousands of humans in the poorest conditions by spreading this false, emotionally-driven information. An often overlooked fact is that all stingray skins are a byproduct of commercial fishing as well as providing a major source of protein to developing countries inhabitants who dont have the luxury of purchasing convenient frozen dinners from a supermarket.

It makes you want to question the motives of these Media producers - if the offer presented is dishonest, the information is obtained through dishonest means, AND the information is presented out of context as FACT, the premise of the documentary has no Journalistic value and serves as much value as a Mickey Mouse cartoon.

By the end of our last conversation, the producer apologized multiple times for his ignorance of the truth of global conservation. Rojé has a decade combined experience in the Leather industry - we have personal relationships through every level of the Supply chain worldwide. Rojé visits the farms, tanneries, and we are aware of as much as possible about every link in the chain of our business.

We extended the offer to assist in the production of a factual, unbiased viewpoint free of Animal Rights activism. Naturally, they declined - we understand that a true Conservationist produces real, factual information. Thankfully, the laws in our industry abide by real, factual information and not the emotional whims of the ignorant.

The Lesson: Be mindful of what you see on various news, documentaries, and "facts" being passed off as truth - the material is often motivated by the jaded, deeply embedded beliefs of a few.

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[iamyaana]

i got many stingray bags and i love them

[shadowboy732]

Nooooo you shall' regret this and steve deserves to die if it means killing the stingrays

[bm28651]

That's what they get for what they did to Steve.

[DEZIAKIN]

you should see my seats in my truck... got 12 of them in the seats.. haha

[Rojeleather]

Bullshitting from lying; while the liar deliberately makes false claims, the bullshitter is simply uninterested in the truth. Bullshitters aim primarily to impress and persuade their audiences. While liars need to know the truth, the better to conceal it, the bullshitter, interested solely in advancing his own agenda, has no use for the truth. Following from this, we understand that "bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are."