The meat is not wasted.
Captured snakes are stored in canvas bags and sold to primitive skinning plants, such as Wakiras.
A leather cord is tied around its neck to prevent the liquid escaping.
The skin is then placed on a board and put in a hot oven to dry out.
Once skinned, snakes are left to die, which can take 23 days.
In Indonesia alone the industry employs about 175,000 people of which 150,000 are snake catchers.
The EU, is the world’s biggest importer of snake skins.
Between 2000 and 2005 it is estimated that 3.4 million snake skins were brought into the EU.
Germany is the second largest producer, followed by France.
A scrub python can be sold for as much as $10,000.
The United States alone imports finished products made from reptile skins worth about $257 million a year.
Source:Dailymail,Piaberrend.
