Commercio di specie selvatiche|| Wildlife Trade

Every day, workers in Rantau Prapat, Sumatra, hundreds of slaughter and the skin of reptiles brought to them by hunters. 'There were immobilized masses of bags full of live pythons and monitor lizards, ' says Mark. 'The men at least stun or kill any animal with a blow to the head. Then fill the snake with water and air to help crack open, intestines and skin. 'The hides are sold dried for the international leather industry, to be transformed into luxury goods and fashion as wallets, belts and boots. The gallbladder go to retailers in traditional Chinese medicine. 'I wanted to express both the volume of the treatment, and the element of this hellish assembly line, to get the message that this is an industry-wide trade in wildlife.'