Date 28/07/2015 - News People
Actress and singer Jane Birkin has asked Hermes to remove her name from one of the luxury goods maker's best-selling bags.
Her reasoning is due to what she called "cruelusli" crocodile farming and slaughtering practices.
Birkin said she had signed actor Joaquin Phoenix's Mercy For Animals petition to "shed exotic skins from your wardrobe" in protest against the "millions of reptiles slaughtered each year and turned into shoes, handbags, belts and other accessories".
