The secret investigations undertaken by the legitimate non-profit organisations who released the video and images that brought these horrifying facts into the limelight reveal the savage truth of Thailand‘s reptile farms, the primary source for the world-renowned brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, and Louis Vuitton.

The clip shows a hammer being used to beat up snakes to death while the workers destroy forests; the moral concerns arise in the public attention due to the fashion brands reported in the footage.

In a scene that brings discomfort, the employees bash pythons’ heads with hammers repeatedly to medically paralyze them, what the experts consider a cruel method. The next action is to put metal hooks through thee heads, washed by chilled water, and confirm the stripping of the skin.

In addition to this painful experience of the Phokkathara Crocodile Farm, it can be emphasized that Kering, which includes Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, also uses its products. Agents for the animal welfare group PTA who were working secretly managed to acquire the film that involved the capturing of the shocks of cruel and excruciating death of reptiles.

Leather Sourcing and Snake Slaughter Practices

Animal based leather was known to be sourced by an auto-leatherselling shop CCBI and Si Sactanalai, which were both owned by a father and a son, for the shoe company Caravel, which later appeared in high-end fashion brand Louis Vuitton.

The snakes undergo the severe case of the surviving, as being imprisoned into the ready cases and cardboards, often not getting farther from their own excrement. Denials and killings of the breeding seasons by owners were full of misinterpretations for weeding out the less valuable specimens.

The well known reptilian specialist Clifford Warwick, during his review of the movies, stated some concerns that the snakes may still be at the living end when they are painfully dying. Groundbreaking, snakes moved even after emphatic undertaking of semi-lethal processes.

“PETA condemns the indiscriminate infliction of pain on both snakes and crocodiles at this farm. Covering the animals in lead leads to agonizing, slow deaths of sheer pain.”

In the same time with Kering’s alleged animal welfare standards that are supposed to be in the center of its processing, the investigation by PETA about the treatment of the animals shows the opposite and highlights that the actions of Kering totally contradict its claims.

An estimated half a million snake skins are imported into Europe annually from South East Asia, showing the true severity of it. Kering and Louis Vuitton’s parent company LVMH valiantly ignored the issue and refused from commenting on the subject. The consumers also followed their narcissistic behavior and began to ask themselves where the luxury comes from.