NEW YORK — Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by French luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever admired a snazzy pair of python boots? Snapped open an elegant python-skin clutch? Dreamed of cinching your jeans with a ...

Trading in the crocodile, alligator, lizard and python skins often used to make watch straps involves a labyrinthine process of documentation. By Rachel Felder In July, People for the Ethical ...

Trading in skins of the reticulated python is such a lucrative business that illegal exports are rising sharply and existing trade restrictions are being circumvented on a large scale. This is ...

Trading in skins of the reticulated python is such a lucrative business that illegal exports are rising sharply and existing trade restrictions are being circumvented on a large scale. This is ...

Trading in skins of the reticulated python is such a lucrative business that illegal exports are rising sharply and existing trade restrictions are being circumvented on a large scale. This is ...

There’s no evidence to show that the trade in blood pythons from Indonesia, coveted for their skins for making luxury fashion items, is sustainable, a new study shows. In fact, the evidence indicates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donna Kalil, 60, of Kendall, Fla., a python removal agent contracted by the South Florida Water Management District, with an ...

Kenyan police have arrested three men for possessing ivory and the skins of protected animals. Police official Phomas Atuti says the three Kenyans were arrested in the capital of Nairobi on Monday ...