Crocodiles are farmed for luxury leather in Australia, Africa, and Southeast Asia under conditions that cause significant welfare harms to highly sentient reptiles.
Crocodiles in farms are typically kept in concrete pools with minimal space and environmental complexity. These highly territorial and spatially aware animals are denied natural behaviour including basking, swimming, and hunting. Stress is chronic. Slaughter by pithing (severing the spinal cord) is still used in some regions despite evidence of continued sensory awareness. Crocodile welfare research is underdeveloped relative to the scale of farming.