Snakes face a number of conservation threats, namely poaching for meat and for use in Traditional Chinese Medicine, hunting for leather (the trade still being prevalent in South-East Asia and the West), road kills, habitat destruction and the resulting conflicts with humans. Let's hope that The Snake Year is slightly less painful for our serpents.
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Seriously? for meat? :O
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