Nowadays, people keep many pets in their homes. But today we are going to tell you about a village where people keep snakes. Yes, snake is considered to be the most poisonous animal in the world. But in the village we are talking about, people here keep snakes and also sell them.
snake village
Let us tell you that there is a village in Zhejiang province of East China, where snakes are reared on a large scale. The name of this village is Jisiqiao, where most of the people do this work. The population of this village is about one thousand, while every year about 30 lakh snakes are reared here. These snakes are used for everything from food to making medicines. In fact, snake keeping is the main source of income for the village people and now it has taken the form of a big business. Here people keep many types of snakes in their homes, including many poisonous snakes.
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3000 snakes on every person
According to the information, people of this village sell snakes in China. Seeing the continuously increasing demand for snakes in China, people started doing snake business. Due to which more than 100 snack farms have opened in the village. Not only this, there are thousands of times more snakes than the number of people in the village. There are one thousand people here, while about 30 lakh snakes are reared every year. If seen, there is a ratio of 3000 snakes to one human being.
income from snake
Let us tell you that there is a business of snakes worth crores of rupees in Jisiqiao village. According to the information, the work of rearing snakes in this village started in the year 80s. At that time, the village’s income was around 1 lakh yuan (Rs 10 lakh) annually. With time, the business of snake keeping gradually increased. In the last few years, the industry of this village has grown to about 8 crore yuan (80 crore rupees).
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snake supply
In this village, apart from farming snakes, their meat is also supplied by killing them. However, very cruel methods are adopted to kill snakes. According to the information, their poison is taken out before killing. After this, the mouth is stitched with thread and then the head is cut and the meat is taken out. After this its organs are kept aside. Whereas snake skin is dried separately.
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