The lizard hunters of Cirebon, Indonesia | Video
Dody Hermawan makes a living catching and drying house lizards for China’s traditional medicine industry. On a good day, he catches as many as 400 lizards in 8 hours, which nets him IDR200,000 (US$12.35). The trade is so lucrative that dozens in his village have joined him in hunting and processing the lizards for export. While the mosquito-eating reptiles are believed to be abundant, NGOs say more data is needed on the volumes being harvested and traded.
Dody Hermawan makes a living catching and drying house lizards for China’s traditional medicine industry. On a good day, he catches as many as 400 lizards in 8 hours, which nets him IDR200,000 (US$12.35). The trade is so lucrative that dozens in his village have joined him in hunting and processing the lizards for export. While the mosquito-eating reptiles are believed to be abundant, NGOs say more data is needed on the volumes being harvested and traded.
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