Inside Malaysia's Gruesome Snake Skin Trade 

which only the rich can afford

implying I have a girlfriend lmao

job-less... happy?

Jonathon Wight how do u know u live there i think not shut up and stuff your fats face with shit

Job less??...im from malaysia there a lot of jobs here...its either you want it or not...most people didnt take the job because they want to live in their comfort zone trust me

My first thought exactly.

Exactly. Kill all the snake

@@fanta6285 Because these Asian countries are hunting already endangered snakes, whereas in America some snakes are overpopulating

I take great offence to this because I own a snake and all snakes bad or not deserve to live imagine getting trapped killed then skinned how would you like that huh?

@@unknownssoplayer2002 Wtaf? The dude is trying to say get rid of excessive snakes in Florida.

The4 RealDeal Isn't snake skin snake skin?

Reticulated pythons are the longest snake in world there apex predators karr of the jungle book is a reticulated python and there vital to ecosystems when will people learn to value the natural world

@The4 RealDeal It doesn't really make any difference what kind of python it is.

@@joshcox3941 When it's too late. As I feel it is now in some cases for some species.

@@freeanimals594 yeah thing is people can't just say ah it's too late because that basically allows the same thinking to be applied to all species everybody has to fight to survive and fight to save the natural world

Meme fiend hahaha!

Finding another career? You mean, finding another way of living. This keeps food on their table. They do not have careers in the Amazon. We are spoiled and it shows through your choice of words.

Save the very lungs of mother earth ✊🏻 we must the oceans and the forests. Screw fashion and our little blippy existence... Many of us are artists mature is our muse we don't need to skin animals copying patterns is fine .

Find another career. I'm tired of people using "well it's their way of living" as an excuse for our planet being ruined. If one person loses their job that doesn't affect a lot of people, but if entire species are being driven to extinction and forests being cutdown that can lead to ripple effects which can effect everyone. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. If the biosphere collapses, we all suffer. Also much of illegal deforestation in the Amazon and climate change is not driven by the people doing the harvesting, but rather by rich corporations who we also need to start holding accountable. The whole reason why pythons are being illegally hunted is that there is a demand for their skins in the west by the rich. However, we should not let the people supplying the illegal animal materials off the hook either.

I agree. I'd send him money if I could.

agreed

can come and donate to him...i hope you all can donate to support the cost to bring them to florida because there are un controlled population of python at there...im from malaysia

janjan55555 lmfao

@@janjan55555 damn you're savage

Tamil, Chinese,Malay and English

In Europe its not uncommon to speak 4, 5 or even more languages!

And which one is the more pressing issue?

Exactly!

where can i find human skin bags??

Leather still the best you can get

ThatAsianDudeWhoVlogs? Hunters also lose their job and income

Well said

But i don't think they will let him travel back home with them

@@charleshenry305 it will be far more profitable for him because for 3metres length python he only earned 5euros while the Florida's wildlife pays about 30USD for each foot.

​@@tintinsupz1864 that part!! And THAT is why I'm calling BULLS#!T on this entire story

Michael Ayala I couldn’t agree more, these amazing animals are going to be extinct

These Malaysians are hungry.... gotta feed the family some how

@@buckbeez5386 exactly, blame the buyers, these hunters are just trying to feed their kids.

Yeah me too

@@OfficialMuffiin Those damn hunters breed like rabits then they wounder how they gonna feed their tribe of kids

Rezeki pukimak ko bunuh binatang

So you can’t blame the suppliers? That makes no sense.

Anyone involved is to blame. People have to support themselves yes but, they can always learn how to do something. I mean the damn farms they are catching the snakes from are there. Go farm. Also the people who support the industry...cmon do you really care about a damn bag or shoe enough decimate an entire ecosystem?

That's like blaming drug users and not drug dealers. They're both equally to blame.

Everybody Hunters, suppliers , sellers , everyone is to blame. Use your human skin not animals

As wrong as it is , they're trying to feed their family. It's easy to criticise from a a developed country but if you were in their position i'm pretty sure you'd do anything to feed your family. The ones at fault are the billion dollar conglomerates that feed the demand for these snakes. And the drug dealer argument isn't really the same, since they don't have the same opportunities to find work as someone in a developed country. Tired of people viewing others from their shoes...put yourself in their shoes... where they're from a village and have no work and have to feed their family. In asian countries if you saw the poverty gap i doubt you'd say the same.

+Wheelman Josh developed countries and corrupt goverments keep these countries stuck

Wheelman Josh Too many snakes also not good. People will get bitten by snakes

I was saying the same thing in Florida snakes everywhere.

Jesus Christ exactly, but I mean you're the almighty jesus Christ. Why don't YOU send them?

Eric M, in Tomohon, Indonesia. Python snake are food

Yup

Pls send Eric to me. 😍😍

Lies again? Wrinkled Skin

@@NazriB I don't understand your comment.

Yes, here in the US you can buy retics online for pets, at herp stores.... they're common here so I don't think they'll go extinct per se.... I'm sure it's a way for governments to create another BS lie to make profit off of. God knows they say they don't condone such things, while behind their back they're accepting the money made by such trades. If they were to become that close to extinct in the wild, they would start farming them, and breeding the many reticulated pythons they have here in the US, (hard to believe they would be hard to breed considering here in FL where it's tropical, and people release their "pets" once they can't safely feed a huge hungry snake that mistakes it's handler for a rabbit lol, ouch. THOSE SNAKES ARE THRIVING IN FL EVERGLADES and are competing with our gators!!!! Not just retics, mostly pythons, but also anaconda, monitors, and tons and tons of iguanas etc. Heck, they do so well, a biologist told me that herp dealers actually release all kinds of reptiles here to let them breed and become plenty in order to farm them without having to care for them. This was fairly recently so while it would suck to have this beautiful snake, become extinct....I can tell you for certain, that they're becoming more and more of an issue here as non native species!!!! And let me tell you this also, people are paid to hunt them here so that they don't kill out the gators and other animals they hunt easily here. So if their numbers are small here relatively, compared to their natural habitat, and they're legally hunted, does that make sense to anyone???? Not me. I think that Mr. Lao is correct about it being BULLCRAP!!!! He may not be correct about white people (yes I'm white) being so clever. We may know how to bully other countries less fortunate than us, we clearly believe lies sold to us like candy!!! Most don't even question what they're told!!! Why?? Does that even make sense? GREED WILL KILL US ALL OFF AND WE ALLOW IT DAILY. WE SAY THANK YOU ACTUALLY!!! WHY? Because we've been brainwashed for enough generations that it's become the norm and no one wants to rock the boat. Research things more if you care. Do not accept ANYTHING or ANYONE'S word for truth.... The truth is there if you care to look... you don't even really have to try people....okay... rant over...oh wait!!! Everyone who says the killing of the snakes is cruel.... yeah it may be. I love animals and snakes. I could not do it I don't think.... unless I was starving like some of these hunters and their families are. Over here, there's a much worse practice. Look up how a slaughterhouse is ran!!!! Are you kidding me???? Like a dead bolt through the head for animals that get eaten here and that's after they're panicked, crushed bones and ribs on the trip as they're packed in as tight as they can get them, and worse. Where's the spotlight for that???? Now people love snakes, but what about cows? Baby cows? Pigs? Goats? They die a much worse death and the life they live up to that point is SO BAD. Just proves people have lost it. No reasoning whatsoever.

Maiju E You know what? I think you have a really good idea there. Not many would want to leave their families and countries permanently, but if a person with nous could arrange temporary visas and accomodation for workers, with so many allowed at a time, with other hunters to trade out, say six months on, six off, it could really supplement their income. I personally would be willing to donate to such a start up business.

Except Burmese python skins are uglier and less desirable.

​@@WestParksREPTILES that is absolutely not the only species here by any means at all!!!! No way in hell

you could catch em yourself and make a lot of money yourself!! it's an idea right? lol

its a great idea ! the only problem is that i live in texas and we dont have wild pythons here, and i dont see myself going to florida anytime soon, i stay pretty busy with my company, im the only employee i have ! but thanks for your comment !

+Kerry Ward oh I see my apologies , I didn't know

its cool, i was a great idea, and i wish i could go do it, it would be great money ! thanks again !

+Kerry Ward I'm sure there are some laws against it also even though it's an intrusive species. It would surprise me if someone could just start catching them and sell their skins to exporters. I can definitely see the government making you get some sort of permit at the very least.

Yh well ur not struggling to eat or feed yourself and family right !! Yh feel disgusted when u eat ur Big Mac next time !!! Next time u wear a leather shoes or designer bags n clothes .. u feel disgusted bc who tf you think they selling this too ? Or y don’t u feel disgusted about the diamonds u wear or put a woman finger bc where do u think they come from !!! Like shut the fuck up …it’s ignorant ppl like u that piss me off !! Why not be mad at kids these python kills yearly or the animals that kill them -

😂

Is contraception/ vasectomy available where they are?? Having sex is natural and is part of life.

Researchers say the growing demand for handbags and other fashion items in Europe is fueling imports. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Traffic International, about 500,000 python skins are exported annually from Southeast Asia, with the overwhelming majority of those skins ending up in the European fashion industry. Luxury brands cited in the report are as high profile as Prada, Gucci, Hermes, Dior, Burberry, Giorgio Armani and Chanel. (European companies) Not saying some don't end up in the states but get your facts straight. Also anyone that takes part in the trade is guilty not just the buyers which are overwhelming European jackass. There would not be any buyers if there were not any sellers.

both/all are complicit

Liam Kirk totally agree everyone is complicit, obviously there are some who are more guilty but that doesn't absolve the hunters. Even though the luxury goods industry has a higher degree of damages. But don't just put it on western societies, Japan is the highest per capita importers of luxury and don't get me started on China not just the luxury goods, but also traditional medicine. Before you call me a racist, I am of Asian descent and I'm not a racist but I am a realist.

Blame all government people will never do anything bad to any animals or any creatures if their is a fair livelihood enough for family needs! Learder's of the world now are focusing on improving war machines, war forces politics, provide lot of budget in all of this, intead of helping provide their people needs.

Damm Delta %

+Frankenstein XO A) humans didn't "invent" leather. It's skin. B) Clearly fairness is objective. C) It's certainly not fair for the snake, and they're the ones getting ripped off the most. D) Do you mean non-leather? Because that doesn't make sense otherwise. In short you lack empathy and IQ points. Bye.

+Frankenstein XO faux sake skin/leather is just as good and almost as durable. Your feet just stink.

+Frankenstein XO you obviously need animal skin to make you look human. low life..

+Frankenstein XO I don't eat pigs, or any other animal so I agree it's unfair to take others lives. & The fashion designer shouldn't make hand over foot when the most vital factor is the hunter. Snake skin isn't entirely different from leather. It's all skin. Processed skin. However technical you're trying to be, it doesn't matter - it's all the same. You'd probably make a great pair of shoes too but for some reason there's laws against that.

+Summer0234 lol! ide wear those shoes any day.

Contact Dusty from Florida and you can buy some.

Right

Hannah Rosenthal lol. I thought that too!

Hannah Rosenthal it seems like king snake.

Yeah that's what you call "evil snake".

Lls

It's an anaconda

+Joseph Nez don't be racist not all Chinese like that

+maximus ii blame those who buy snake skin handbags

+maximus ii blame your wife and mum for buying LV and luxury bags and goods, these are the big buyers of snake skins. if the buying stops, the hunting will stop too.

+maximus ii agreed. chinese in malaysia they just know how to get profit without thinking about nature flora and fauna

Md Lo thats a racist remarks. and the malay govt never allow other countries to throw rubbish in its own country for a huge fee? they never chopped off all the trees to build their $$$project? and they never get any cents from all these snake trades...wake up.

Does the place belong to you ? Snakes are not pests.

Cheezus H. Grist the pythons in florida are an invasive species not natural to the area so yeah they are pest.

are there many of them?? how many?

Cheezus H. Grist yes , they are starting to multiply in the area over the years. People released them into florida after getting too big to keep as pets and some escaped from their pet homes into the wild.

Cheezus H. Grist snakes are pest when theybare killing every other native animal mainly the african rock python do some research idiot.

Platzhallter anyone who does this

Platzhallter what did i just say

Platzhallter says the one who can't spell afford

+Rowlf the Dog “Orlando” plantation workers will kill and probably feast on, same thing. btw locals hate python for killing their livestock or pets. young children are no match for a 10 footer.

+Rowlf the Dog “Orlando” And this would grantee perfect skins every time.

Well when you lose the snakes you'll be overrun with rats, who will eat the crops then you get to eat the rats. Ask Cambodia and Vietnam

KC L Lol he is not capable of thinking so far ahead. When he’s overrun with rats I don’t think anyone would feel sorry for him

@@thedarkness3371 I live in America where I can go buy rat traps. If you want to love on snakes, that's your prerogative. But, keep you not capable comments to your yourself!

Clayvoisier VSOP ok. You think you can stop rats, mice etc in check with just traps? You’d be a poor man fast. Mice and rats reproduce fast. Nature has in place all organisms for very good reason. Even parasites and mosquitoes have their ecological role. The more you destroy nature, the more unable you are to deal with the consequences.

Clayvoisier VSOP you forget that without nature you , nor any human would exist. Without the trees you not breathe. Without clean water you would perish. As more ignorant people such as yourself pop up in this world hurricanes, tornadoes, rising sea levels etc increase. Nature has been here a long time before humans and will be here after, after all we are just another parasite to this world.

You are dead lying man... *Tall :P

Jack Mara right on

bloody fkin westerners killing biodiversity of world

I live in Arizona. I can't afford a fucking belt for $120. That's how much my family's food cost every two weeks

Yeah I think she's pretty too

Exactly!!!!! I live in FL And they're hunted legally, and in fact they're paid for once caught and killed here and still their numbers grow!!! Only herp people really know what's going on here....breeders have figured out that they can release them and other herps and they don't have the overhead, or the care involved and can go catch them pretty easily when they need to restock for online sales, or herp shows. I was told this by a biologist who's son does this so.... yeah. They'll be just fine I'm sure. It's just more of the same lies and greed to promote lining more pockets

+Cindy Sue i have never ever bought anything made of snake or lizard skin. i dont wear fur. i do wear and use leather because i see leather as a bi-product. people do not kill a cow because it will make a nice couch. at least a lot more of the cow is used. but to kill any creature just for its skin to make some vain kook think that they look good? that is so bad, so evil! these are really beautiful snakes! such a shame. this guy is a dirty scuzball!

+Cindy Su thats cuz u cant afford to buy one.

+Cindy Sue I was just messing with you sis. Take it easy.

the same thing I thought. a waste of skin wasting skin

Should get them from Florida, the state bounty is a couple hundred per snake PLUS you can sell the skin, and pythons are invasive in Florida so it helps the ecosystem instead of hurting it

Some peoples just just like to kill hopeless animals for their own satisfaction. We must stop them

Nothing like the real deal..

rich people buy stupid shit we may never understand.

@Vinny Mac no we don't

Alix Jamieson It is because people sell them. If nobody sells them, nobody can sees them and so nobody can buy them. Can you buy something that you don't see.

what is it with qualifications? most of us in malaysia who make 500K per year dont even have qualifications

Muhammad Taufiq Can I have some cash? =)

Ng JC They have qualifications man! 1. They are physically fit 2. They know how to catch snakes 3. Know how to drive motorcycle 4. Can work without supervision! 😂😂😂

theTruth that is so damn cruel 😂😂😂😂

+may khaing why not leave the endangered species alone

+Tidleywinks100 Good job not answering his question or the problem of how these people will survive, ass. His point it valid. Also, it would prevent them from becoming endangered, invalidating your comment.

+Tidleywinks100 shut up peta. let snakes go extinct

+Michael Y Kwon fuck off. Snakes are awesome

They have to feed the damn thing. I'd rather eat the chicken and the snake both lol

Why can't they just do that?

Yes we need.help rounding them.up that are eating up all the native species.

+AngelTashaUK Nothing wrong with python hunting at all as long as it's sustainable. people need to know that when they buy something they are responsible for all the gains and loss of all those involved including the animal. If you buy a meat or leather then you are are another signature on its death warrant. As a Canadian in Malaysia I saw a lot of the belligerence that is reflected in my home country. Because we still have beautiful lands we think we can get away without strict controls and sustainability work and a general awareness of waste disposal. It should become global common sense that all harvesting need to be done wisely. ancient hunters knew this in almost every culture...now we are ignorant. Get these harvesters proper training if you think they are inhumane... and give real numbers and work out global trade law so workers can have pricing and regulation that will allow future generations to harvest responsibly.

+mrkrud I'm not against animal hunting if its for sustaining your family as food! So I agree with your previous comment .

+Troll Master Also. There is a difference in using the flesh, organs, bones and skin from a cow, or just the skin from a snake. The entire cow is used. Even what can't be eaten.

+AngelTashaUK i think its all cruel

+AngelTashaUK Right, no difference, because as we all know, cattle and sheep, pigs, chicken.... are also nearly extinct. And THATS what most people that complain care about! Not the killing or hunting techniques, but the killing of critically endangered animals. Noone would say anything bad about farming P. reticulatus for it´s hide/meat if they were bred in captivity (and not "farmbred" as they do with Tupinambis merianae in Argentina)! But, as I said, hunting a species to extinction because of fashoin is absolutely intolerable. Might as well go hunting for the last 3 northern white rhinos then, maybe I can sell their hide to some collector for a ridiculous amount of money. Or maybe do this to Siberian Tigers and Giant Pandas....damn, I could only imagine how butthurt the whole world would be... But most people don´t seem to think about it, but they would cry about the cute Pandas and Tigers, but when it comes to a Snake Species, they are like "whatever, I don´t like snakes anyway"... We need to know that every creature on this earth is important, and no species should go extinct, because of us I am aware that some species go exting without our "help", but mostly, it´s because of habitat destruction or unnecessary hunting. In my opinion, this is why people should be educated about the importance and beauty of the creatures, "noone cares about" Because no one want´s to protect what they don´t care about, and no one cares about something they have never seen or heard of. But you are right, global regulations or bans (because the snkae skin bags are not necessary) would be a great start. The Python hunters would have to get another job, I´m sure they would be able to do so

Tell a starving man hunting is illegal ?

Their tamil ancestors came to malaysia before 1957 and working with british colonial as an estate labourers. After that Malaysia gain independence from british, most of tamil & chinese labourers given automatic citizenship..malaysia is a multiracial country, malays settled here earlier as majority local origins..

🤣🤣🤣 you make me laugh.

They are not indian

You do realise that not everyone lives in the U.S.....right? Florida *is* "overseas" for every person shown in this documentary. Including the European fashion houses buying the leather.

They want reticulated python's the ones in Florida are Burmese pythons their skin is not fancy enough

No we have many species and the retics are really doing well here

if European companies didn't tell all races to buy these, you will be in the elite, then the snakes will be alive.

+Edmon Quinto and if those 400 000 snakes weren't killed, thousands of families would die from starvation

+Edmon Quinto Other people would of kill them, business gotta go on.

+Edmon Quinto WHY? They are all in the Everglades as an invasive species, and a real threat, here, to every body. Keep them in the country that eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

shelly belly Iz just good skin, snakeskin is good tough, durable skin. Jst like alligator. tough hide. Unfortunatley you can't come to America. then you could eat LOTS of snakes and never go hungry. AND very easy to find. I'm sorry your country is being depleted of a natural species! They are all here in America, illegallyl, I WISH I could send them back to your country. Especially if starving people are involved. If an American ate snake meat and was never told, he would like it. Just don't tell. Excuse me while I go puke

alicia low exactly

They should also visit your place and make leather products out of you.

This Guy You're a human, you are supposed to eat meat you vegan nutjob.

+Leggo My Ego That has nothing to do with the fucking topic at hand. Being vegan and stopping bitches from killing pythons are 2 very different matters. Please, do some logic problems, and we can have another talk.

This Guy So you think there is no connection, and I was just able to magically deduce that you're a vegan. Talk about needing to do some logic problems, deductive logic is definitely not your strong suit.

This Guy yet you keep trolling, and while you can "deduct" all you want, it's clear you're not capable of deducing anything.