Python breeders in prize squeeze

Fri, 27 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: REUTERS

HANOI (Reuter): A drop in the price of python meat due to
oversupply is causing economic difficulties for about 1,000
breeders in Vietnam's southern province of Ca Mau, the daily
Vietnam News said.

The newspaper said the retail price of a python had fallen to
40,000 dong ($3.43) from 115,000-125,000 previously.

Pythons are bred in Vietnam for their meat and skin. Like
seahorses, geckos and the bones of tigers and bears, they are
also pickled in rice wine elixirs to make traditional medicine.

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