where to buy real animal hides for floor coverings

[ericpasansai]

where to buy non exotic animal hides e.g. cow hide, zebra

[orang37]

The harvesting of wild cow and zebra hides is prohibited in northern Thailand by ancient custom. Historians have speculated that the 15th. century Mongol incursion which reached as far south as Lampang was the cause of the near extinction of the herds of wild-zebras that once roamed freely all over Lanna: cunning linguists have speculated that the old Cam Meung (the Lanna language) word "ginzeebraa" was a pejorative epithet, meaning "disgusting flea-ridden eaters of zeebraa," for the Mongols and their customs of eating ungulates, drinking the blood of their horses as they rode to war, etc.

However, you will note that almost every street in Chiang Mai has many abandoned dogs doing nothing but waiting to be harvested for their skins. Many of these dogs, affectionately known as soi dogs (maa soi), are literally wasting away in desperate fear that they will not achieve their life-goal of becoming a skin. It is pitiful, the way they starve themselves nearly to death, like top fashion models, just in order to make themselves more attractive candidates for skinning.

happy skinning, ~o:37;

Edited October 19, 2013 by orang37

[ericpasansai]

Talk about cunning linguist that comes awfully close to another clinical term for oral sex. Clever of you

[JoeThePoster]

IKEA sells cow hides. If you want, you can also buy milk and filets from Tops next door, and assemble a whole cow.

[worgeordie]

Anthrax ,comes to mind if not properly tanned?

regards Worgeordie

[Gsxrnz]

IKEA sells cow hides. If you want, you can also buy milk and filets from Tops next door, and assemble a whole cow.

This may be of some use to the OP.

[Thailand]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC8pSFg1Vw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAKC8pSFg1Vw

[Jose]

"where to buy non exotic animal hides e.g. cow hide, zebra"

Homo sapien - the least exotic and most common animal I can think of.

You can usually find them late night in hordes, hanging around bright places such as 7-11. The white hairy thick-skinned ones make the best hides.

[brotherother]

Lots of helpful replies on here

Sorry, no idea about Chiang Mai but I've seen a few places in JJ Market, Bangkok selling animal hides.

Some of the fancy furniture stores have / had them too but they're more expensive as you can imagine.

Good luck.

[Dr Robert]

I think if you drive up and down the main roads upcountry there is plenty of road kill you could pick up of non exotic species and the bonus is you do a community service at the same time as getting your floor coverings for free.

[curtklay]

The harvesting of wild cow and zebra hides is prohibited in northern Thailand by ancient custom. Historians have speculated that the 15th. century Mongol incursion which reached as far south as Lampang was the cause of the near extinction of the herds of wild-zebras that once roamed freely all over Lanna: cunning linguists have speculated that the old Cam Meung (the Lanna language) word "ginzeebraa" was a pejorative epithet, meaning "disgusting flea-ridden eaters of zeebraa," for the Mongols and their customs of eating ungulates, drinking the blood of their horses as they rode to war, etc.

However, you will note that almost every street in Chiang Mai has many abandoned dogs doing nothing but waiting to be harvested for their skins. Many of these dogs, affectionately known as soi dogs (maa soi), are literally wasting away in desperate fear that they will not achieve their life-goal of becoming a skin. It is pitiful, the way they starve themselves nearly to death, like top fashion models, just in order to make themselves more attractive candidates for skinning.

happy skinning, ~o:37;

[SpokaneAl]

The harvesting of wild cow and zebra hides is prohibited in northern Thailand by ancient custom. Historians have speculated that the 15th. century Mongol incursion which reached as far south as Lampang was the cause of the near extinction of the herds of wild-zebras that once roamed freely all over Lanna: cunning linguists have speculated that the old Cam Meung (the Lanna language) word "ginzeebraa" was a pejorative epithet, meaning "disgusting flea-ridden eaters of zeebraa," for the Mongols and their customs of eating ungulates, drinking the blood of their horses as they rode to war, etc.

However, you will note that almost every street in Chiang Mai has many abandoned dogs doing nothing but waiting to be harvested for their skins. Many of these dogs, affectionately known as soi dogs (maa soi), are literally wasting away in desperate fear that they will not achieve their life-goal of becoming a skin. It is pitiful, the way they starve themselves nearly to death, like top fashion models, just in order to make themselves more attractive candidates for skinning.

happy skinning, ~o:37;

Cunning linguists - Orang37, in reading your post I would say that you aptly fit that description.

P.S. I do seem to vaguely recall an off color joke using a variation of that terminology.

Edited October 20, 2013 by SpokaneAl