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

Python farms could be the antidote to the RM3.2bil-a-year black market in these fashionable and expensive skins. Illegally traded python skins worth US$1bil (RM3.2bil) are being imported into Europe ...

Ever admired a snazzy pair of python boots? Snapped open an elegant python-skin clutch? Dreamed of cinching your jeans with a sleek python belt? Zach Hoffman is one of them. A transplant from Boston, ...

Illegal python skins worth an estimated $1 billion are being imported into Europe every year to feed growing demand for the luxury leather, according to a new report. Nearly 500,000 skins are shipped ...

Illegal python skins worth an estimated $1 billion are being imported into Europe every year to feed growing demand for the luxury leather, according to a new report. Nearly 500,000 skins are shipped ...

Indian authorities arrested two suspected smugglers trying to ship tiger, leopard and python skins to neighbouring Nepal in one of the country's largest illicit wildlife seizures, officials said ...

An Australian reptile catcher was left in awe this week after responding to a call and finding the skin of a huge carpet python—but no snake. Stuart McKenzie, the owner of Sunshine Coast Snake ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. The python, which hibernates each year at the Pelts' home near Airlie Beach, has shed its skin and daughter ...