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PETA urges Indian snake charmers to switch to fakes
Animal rights group PETA on Friday called on India’s snake charmers to use fake reptiles during an upcoming serpent festival and spare the animals their annual torture. The Indian unit of US-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said snakes were abused during the annual Naag Panchami festival,…
Snake charmer releases cobras in Indian tax office as protest
A snake charmer in northern India released up to 40 snakes, including spitting cobras, in an Uttar Pradesh tax office. Hukkul Khan said he was protesting because government officials would not proivide a plot of land for him to keep his reptiles. “[T]here is no provision for such a business,”…
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