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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 ...

A Colombian handbag designer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after federal prosecutors said she illegally smuggled handbags made from caiman and python skin — both protected species — to New ...

PETA has aimed its latest hiss of disapproval at Kering Group. The animal rights organization alleges that the Gucci owner’s tannery has purchased from suppliers that bash snakes’ heads in before ...

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Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades, are being hunted and their skins used for luxury goods. Hunters like Zach Hoffman and Amy Siewe detail the process of skinning and preparing ...