In demand for its skin in the fashion industry and for the exotic meat and traditional medicine trades, the Oriental Rat Snake has been commercially harvested since the 1970s. Concern over the effects ...

I’ve always wanted to write a post which had that as the title. Sharp practices abound in this world, and one of the most disturbing aspects to them is the extent to which the media (and people in ...

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