Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by French luxury brand Gucci, according to PETA.

Animal rights group PETA says luxury brand Gucci is supplied by factory farms that skin still-moving pythons for their hides.

Python skin is currently all the rage among fashion designers. From Calvin Klein's translucent coat to Michael Kors's turquoise and green jacket, these slippery pelts with their distinctive ...

PARIS (AFP) - Illegal python skins worth an estimated US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) are being imported into Europe every year to feed growing demand for the luxury leather, according to a new report.

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.

Chinese authorities have recovered a massive haul of smuggled python skin worth $48 million, Chinese media reported on Monday, highlighting the scope of an international black market trade in the ...

Nairobians at a court’s public gallery were taken aback when police turned up with a filthy polythene bag. The black plastic bag contained python skins.