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No snake soup for Hong Kong's young snake catcher

by Nicole KOAlice Fung
| January 4, 2021 12:03 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is home to a variety of snakes — from the venomous king cobra to larger species such as the Burmese python. Whenever one of these reptiles is spotted slithering into a home or coming alarmingly close to a residential area, Ken Lee is among the snake catchers called to capture the creatures.

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