Bryan Christy on Assignment: Reptile Slaughterhouse

CAUTION: GRAPHIC SCENES. On assignment for National Geographic, Bryan Christy visits a reptile slaughterhouse on Sumatra, Indonesia where pythons and monitor lizards are prepared for the international exotic leather trade.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• snake
• python
• slaughterhouse
• designer
• handbag
• boots
• lizard
• prada
• gucci
• reptile
• vanity fair

[Dante187xXx]

how the fuck does this video has dislikes... my part am happy their killing snakes

[nicksspeakeasy]

@318 platinum - the difference is that when the python is stripped of its skin it is still alive. It is very difficult to kill a python, they have such a small clutch of nerve endings and brain cells that constitute their brain, and such a slow metabolism that they survive being stripped of their skin for up to two days before eventually dying of dehydration. Cattle are killed in modern facilities where they are at least dead before being skinned/carved for food.

[318platinum]

This is very interesting!!! I am a big reptile lover, and I also am a designer. I love Python skins and exotic skins, period! Yes, it's sad to see this, but when is watching your food, or clothing being made ever fun? I don't think this is wrong in the least! It's the equivalent of slaughterhouses killing cattle and chickens to sell in grocery stores for food, so what's the big deal? Not only are they using the animal's skin, they are also using the organs, and meat for food, most likely.

[snakekeeper112]

WTF!!!!!!!!

[johnnecron]

so many blood pythons sacrificed for what?

[SnakesareDeaf]

someone needs to die for this...

[WingedWolfPsion]

It doesn't look inhumane--it's a shame, though, that so many animals are taken from the wild for this trade, and it is probably unsustainable.

This isn't really a different scene from any other slaughterhouse--save the ones in the US for food production are usually a little cleaner.

[ssssssssnakes]

poor babies:((((((((((( NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[zigd8]

r they doing it to make clothing and eat

[MDFMONITOR]

A great shame.