Snakes are poached from the wild and are brutally tortured. Fangs of venomous snakes are uprooted using pliers and venom glands are pulled out or punctured for disabling snake to defend or kill for food. Most snakes die from mouth infection due to lethal process of puncturing venom gland. Snakes are stored in dark and small kane baskets where they tend to get parasitic infection. Being ectothermic creature they fail to carry out metabolic functions due to absence of sunlight and gradually die.