The shed skin of a snake lies on charred grass in an area that has seen blazes caused by fire balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, near Kibbutz Kissufim on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip August 19, 2020. Picture taken August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

A soldier stands in front of skins of snakes during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Chanthaburi, Thailand February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

Britain's Prince William watches as a UK Border Force shows off various items found recently, including snake skin, ivory and plants during a visit to the Royal Mail international distribution centre near Heathrow airport in Slough, September 6, 2018. Alastair Grant/Pool via Reuters 

Britain's Prince William watches as a UK Border Force shows off various items found recently, including snake skin, ivory and plants during a visit to the Royal Mail international distribution centre near Heathrow airport in Slough, September 6, 2018. Alastair Grant/Pool via Reuters 

National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) and Peruvian police show confiscated wild stuffed animals and products used by shamans in Lima, Peru July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo 

Snake breeder Abdul Sattar Amin and his son help a snake remove its skin at their home in Dohuk, Iraq June 5, 2018. Picture taken June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

50-year-old snake breeder Abdul Sattar Amin and his son remove the skin from a snake at their home in Dohuk, Iraq June 5, 2018. Picture taken June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

Snake skin boots seized by the U.K. Border Force at Heathrow Airport sit on display at Custom House near Heathrow in London, Britain November 22, 2017. Picture taken November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Dawson 

Snake skin boots seized by UK Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport sit on display at Custom House near Heathrow in London, Britain November 22, 2017. Picture taken November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Dawson 

An ancient tribe of snake charmers, known as Saperas, have thrived over the generations by catching venomous snakes and making them dance to their music. Snakes are revered by Hindus in India and snake charmers are considered the followers of Lord Shiva, the blue-skinned Hindu god who is usually portrayed wearing a king cobra around his neck. Snake charmers were once a regular fixture at Indian bazaars and festivals, mesmerising crowds of onlookers with their ability to control some of the world's most venomous creatures. They would often be the main source of medicines if someone suffered from a snake bite. The snake charmers of Jogi Dera say their centuries-old tradition is slowly dying out as authorities seek to enforce wildlife protection laws, and after an outright ban on the practice in 1991. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Confiscated jewellery made of snake skin is presented to the media during a a news conference on German custom's annual statistics in Berlin March 21, 2014. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Workers hold a snake before killing it at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker carries a board with pieces of snake skin, which need to be dried, at a factory producing bags at Comal district in Pekalongan, Indonesia's Central Java province February 9, 2013. The snake skins to the factory are provided by Wakira, also known as "Boss Cobra", who owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker looks at a finished bag which is made of snake skin at Comal district in Pekalongan, Indonesia's Central Java province February 9, 2013. The snake skins to the factory are provided by Wakira, also known as "Boss Cobra", who owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker sews a bag which is made of snake skin at a factory producing bags in Comal district in Pekalongan, Indonesia's Central Java province February 9, 2013.The snake skins to the factory are provided by Wakira, also known as "Boss Cobra", who owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker sews a strip of snake skin at a factory producing bags in Comal district in Pekalongan, Indonesia's Central Java province February 9, 2013. The snake skins to the factory are provided by Wakira, also known as "Boss Cobra", who owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

Sunarto, the owner of a factory producing bags, looks at a finished bag that is made of snake skin at his factory in Comal district in Pekalongan, Indonesia's Central Java province February 9, 2013. The snake skins to the factory are provided by Wakira, also known as "Boss Cobra", who owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker puts pieces of snake skin on a board for drying at a factory producing bags at Comal district in Pekalongan, Indonesia's Central Java province February 9, 2013. The snake skins to the factory are provided by Wakira, also known as "Boss Cobra", who owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker holds a piece of snake skin after a colouring process at a factory that produces bags at Comal district in Pekalongan, Indonesia's Central Java province February 9, 2013. The snake skins to the factory are provided by Wakira, also known as "Boss Cobra", who owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Workers hold a snake before killing it at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker skins a snake at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

Workers use pairs of scissors to cut the skins of snakes at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A tray of snakes dry inside an oven at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A worker put tray of snakes into an oven for drying, at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker curls snakes that are to be dried at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker pours water on snakes before cutting their skins at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

Workers use pairs of scissors to cut the skins of snakes at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

Snakes which are to be dried in oven are seen at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the snake slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ANIMALS) 

Wakira holds a cobra before slaughtering it at his house in Kapetakan village, near Cirebon, February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is also known as "Boss Cobra", owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

Wakira puts a tray of snakes into an oven at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns a slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A worker uses a pair of scissors to cut the skin of a snake at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village, near Cirebon, February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

Wakira smokes a cigarette as pieces of dried snake skin are seen hanging in front of his snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon in Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) 

Workers hold snakes for skinning at a snake slaughterhouse at Kapetakan village near Cirebon, Indonesia's West Java province February 8, 2013. Wakira, who is known as "Boss Cobra", owns the slaughterhouse that produces snake meat and skin. Snake meat is believed by some to be a remedy for skin diseases and asthma, as well as an aid to increase virility. The skin of the snakes are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts. Wakira employs ten workers and earns up to 15 million rupiah ($ 1,562) a month from the factory's production. The snake skins, measuring in the hundreds of metres, are sold to bag factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah ($ 15.60) and 300,000 rupiah ($ 31.20), depending on its size. Picture taken February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ANIMALS) 

A motorist takes a picture of an activist from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), painted to look like a snake, holding a placard during PETA's awareness campaign on the cruelty behind animal skins, in honour of the Year of the Snake, at Chinatown in Manila February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST) 

Activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) painted to look like snakes, hold placards beside a lion dance performance during PETA's awareness campaign on the cruelty behind animal skins, in honour of the Year of the Snake, at Chinatown in Manila February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST) 

An employee prepares dishes of fried cobra skin (L) and cobra meat at a snake farm ahead of the Spring Festival in Tainan, southern Taiwan, February 5, 2013. A dish of fried cobra skin is priced around USD$7 (NTD$200). The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken February 5, 2013. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) 

Actress Gabrielle Union (C) wears snake skin shoes as she poses for a picture with Florida Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz (L) and Frederica Wilson in the audience before U.S President Barack Obama honors the 2012 NBA champions, the Miami Heat basketball team during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 28, 2013. Union is currently dating Miami Heat player Dwayne Wade. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SPORT BASKETBALL ENTERTAINMENT) 

A Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu devotee takes part in the annual cart festival of Murugan Hindu Temple in Colombo August 11, 2012. Tamil Hindu devotees push a big cart with the statues of Hindu gods around the city blessing Tamil people, as devotees follow it with pierced hooks through their skin to fulfill their vows to Hindu gods. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Fishermen skin a sea snake belonging to the species which they identified as "kallis" in the Marathi language on the shores of Girgaum beach in Mumbai June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A customer eats a cobra meat burger at a Chinese restaurant in the ancient city of Yogyakarta April 1, 2011. Snake hunters catch about 1,000 cobras from Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces each week to harvest their meat for burgers, priced at 10,000 rupiah ($1.15) each, as well as satay and other dishes. Some customers said they believe cobra meat can cure skin diseases and asthma, and increase sexual virility. Picture taken April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

Workers prepare cobra meat at a Chinese restaurant in the ancient city of Yogyakarta April 1, 2011. Snake hunters catch about 1,000 cobras from Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces each week to harvest their meat for burgers, priced at 10,000 rupiah ($1.15) each, as well as satay and other dishes. Some customers said they believe cobra meat can cure skin diseases and asthma, and increase sexual virility. Picture taken April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

A worker holds cobra meat after the snakes have been stripped of their skins, at a Chinese restaurant in the ancient city of Yogyakarta April 1, 2011. Snake hunters catch about 1,000 cobras from Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces each week to harvest their meat for burgers, priced at 10,000 rupiah ($1.15) each, as well as satay and other dishes. Some customers said they believe cobra meat can cure skin diseases and asthma, and increase sexual virility. Picture taken April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

A chef prepares a cobra meat burger at a Chinese restaurant in the ancient city of Yogyakarta April 1, 2011. Snake hunters catch about 1,000 cobras from Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces each week to harvest their meat for burgers, priced at 10,000 rupiah ($1.15) each, as well as satay and other dishes. Some customers said they believe cobra meat can cure skin diseases and asthma, and increase sexual virility. Picture taken April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

Workers hold cobra meat after they have been stripped of their skins, at a Chinese restaurant in the ancient city of Yogyakarta April 1, 2011. Snake hunters catch about 1,000 cobras from Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces each week to harvest their meat for burgers, priced at 10,000 rupiah ($1.15) each, as well as satay and other dishes. Some customers said they believe cobra meat can cure skin diseases and asthma, and increase sexual virility. Picture taken April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

A snake catcher kills cobras for their meat at a Chinese restaurant in the ancient city of Yogyakarta April 1, 2011. Snake hunters catch about 1,000 cobras from Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces each week to harvest their meat for burgers, priced at 10,000 rupiah ($1.15) each, as well as satay and other dishes. Some customers said they believe cobra meat can cure skin diseases and asthma, and increase sexual virility. Picture taken April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

A worker holds a Cobra before killing it for its meat at a Chinese restaurant in the ancient city of Yogyakarta April 1, 2011. Snake hunters catch about 1,000 cobras from Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces each week to harvest their meat for burgers, priced at 10,000 rupiah ($1.15) each, as well as satay and other dishes. Some customers said they believe cobra meat can cure skin diseases and asthma, and increase sexual virility. Picture taken April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

A worker kills a cobra for its meat at a Chinese restaurant in the ancient city of Yogyakarta April 1, 2011. Snake hunters catch about 1,000 cobras from Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces each week to harvest their meat for burgers, priced at 10,000 rupiah ($1.15) each, as well as satay and other dishes. Some customers say they believe cobra meat can cure skin diseases and asthma, and increase sexual virility. Picture taken April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A swing seat made out of alligator skin is seen at Bolivian Karen Salvatierra's house in the outskirts of Trinidad in Beni province, October 5, 2010. Karen and her family breed wild animals such as snakes and yacares as pets and conduct demonstrations for visitors. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TRAVEL) 

A street vendor removes the skin of a cobra snake at his stall in Jakarta's Chinatown April 7, 2010. Five cups of snakes' blood are sold per day at a price of 50,000 rupiah ($5) each. Drinking snakes' blood, particularly that of a cobra, is believed to increase one's sexual virility, according to the vendor. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi (INDONESIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY ODDLY) 

Buddhist monks and villagers pray next to the carcass of a dead calf, which they believe to be a "magic cow" born with crocodile skin, during its funeral at Trang Per village in Pusat province, 190km (120 km) northwest of Phnom Penh August 21, 2009. The villagers believe that drinking water poured over the calf can cure rheumatism and other bodily ailments. Belief in the supernatural healing powers of animals such as cows, snakes and turtles is a relatively common phenomenon in Cambodia, where over a third of the population lives on under $1 a day and few can afford modern medicines.
REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA HEALTH ENVIRONMENT ODDLY SOCIETY) 

Villagers look at the carcass of a dead calf, which they believe to be a "magic cow" born with crocodile skin, during its funeral at Trang Per village in Pusat province, 190km (120 km) northwest of Phnom Penh August 20, 2009. The villagers believe that drinking water poured over the calf can cure rheumatism and other bodily ailments. Belief in the supernatural healing powers of animals such as cows, snakes and turtles is a relatively common phenomenon in Cambodia, where over a third of the population lives on under $1 a day and few can afford modern medicines. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA SOCIETY HEALTH ANIMALS) 

A villager pours water over the carcass of a dead calf, which villagers believe to be a "magic cow" born with crocodile skin, during its funeral at Trang Per village in Pusat province, 190km (120 km) northwest of Phnom Penh August 20, 2009. The villagers believe that drinking water poured over the calf can cure rheumatism and other bodily ailments. Belief in the supernatural healing powers of animals such as cows, snakes and turtles is a relatively common phenomenon in Cambodia, where over a third of the population lives on under $1 a day and few can afford modern medicines. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA SOCIETY HEALTH ANIMALS) 

Villagers look at the carcass of a dead calf, which they believe to be a "magic cow" born with crocodile skin, during its funeral at Trang Per village in Pusat province, 190km (120 km) northwest of Phnom Penh August 20, 2009. The villagers believe that drinking water poured over the calf can cure rheumatism and other bodily ailments. Belief in the supernatural healing powers of animals such as cows, snakes and turtles is a relatively common phenomenon in Cambodia, where over a third of the population lives on under $1 a day and few can afford modern medicines. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA SOCIETY HEALTH) 

Villagers look at the carcass of a dead calf, which they believe to be a "magic cow" born with crocodile skin, during its funeral at Trang Per village in Pusat province, 190km (120 km) northwest of Phnom Penh August 20, 2009. The villagers believe that drinking water poured over the calf can cure rheumatism and other bodily ailments. Belief in the supernatural healing powers of animals such as cows, snakes and turtles is a relatively common phenomenon in Cambodia, where over a third of the population lives on under $1 a day and few can afford modern medicines. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA SOCIETY HEALTH ANIMALS) 

Members of the Jaycees skin rattlesnakes at the World's Biggest Rattlesnake Round-up in Sweetwater, Texas March 14, 2009. The round-up was started 51 years ago by the Jaycees as a way for ranchers to rid the abundance of snakes that were threatening their livestock. The Jaycees is a leadership training organization for young men and women between the ages of 21-39. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) 

Sweetwater Jaycees measure and roll up rattlesnake skins at the World's Biggest Rattlesnake Round-up in Sweetwater, Texas March 14, 2009. The round-up was started 51 years ago by the Jaycees as a way for ranchers to rid the abundance of snakes that were threatening their livestock. The Jaycees is a leadership training organization for young men and women between the ages of 21-39. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) 

A Sweetwater Jaycee skins a rattlesnake at the World's Biggest Rattlesnake Round-up in Sweetwater, Texas March 14, 2009. The round-up was started 51 years ago by the Jaycees as a way for ranchers to rid the abundance of snakes that were threatening their livestock. The Jaycees is a leadership training organization for young men and women between the ages of 21-39. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Cats (top) are caged along with chickens at Qingping market in Guangzhou November 16, 2007. Scorpions scamper in bowls, water snakes coil in tanks and cats whine in cramped cages, waiting to be slaughtered, skinned and served for dinner. Welcome to the Qingping market, where everything from turtles to insects are sold alongside fowl and freshly caught fish. To match feature CHINA-FOODMARKET/ REUTERS/Joseph Chaney (CHINA) 

A girl stands near a Ukrainian flag during a rally to support Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich in central Kiev April 6, 2007. Encouraged by organisers with fistfuls of cash and bottles of water, many supporters of Yanukovich are ready to stand, march and chant in Kiev for weeks to bring down his arch rival, the president. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (UKRAINE)