14 DAY TRIAL // Just recently, India's King Cobra was included in the “Red List of Threatened Species.”
Apparently, this particular snake species, which happens to be the longest venomous one in the world, is threatened by two major issues: first of all, the continuous destruction of its natural habitat; secondly, by its being exploited by traditional Indian medicine.
As well as this, countless King Cobras are still being killed either for food, or for their skin.
It is interesting that, even if the Indian King Cobra is a religious icon for the people living in this part of the world, so little is being done to ensure its survival.
Recent studies indicate that quite a few representatives of this species are still left in the wild and that local communities show no signs of wanting to put an end to illegal killings.