Python abuse alleged at supplier of skins used for Gucci

Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by French luxury brand Gucci, according to PETA. NEW YORK — Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by French luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not thousands of dollars, according to an investigation by animal rights group PETA, which gave its findings exclusively to CBS MoneyWatch. The probe of two large python farms in Thailand took place from February through November of last year, with undercover workers shooting…