A luxury handbag designer was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday after pleading guilty to illegally importing merchandise that had been made using the pelts of protected wildlife. The DOJ ...

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 ...

A Colombian handbag designer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after federal prosecutors said she illegally smuggled handbags made from caiman and python skin — both protected species — to New ...

The actress is forsaking the snake -- illegal in the state of California -- after being noted by the animal rights organization. By Merle Ginsberg Witherspoon, Matthew McConaughey and Tye Sheridan are ...

Leather has been a staple of human fashion for millennia, but the fashion industry is increasingly embracing more sustainable alternatives. Traditional leather comes mainly from cows, and cattle ...

Florida's Burmese pythons—can't live with them, can't let armed citizens kill them. Actually, the state of Florida did let armed citizens kill them for a short period of time, but it turns out, they ...

There’s a new Miami-based designer sssss-slithering on the celebrity fashion scene. Ximena Kavalekas’ python handbags can be found in the clutches (pun intended) of actress Sofia Vergara (pictured ...