Snake soup stores in Hong Kong

Snake soup shop owner Chow Ka-ling looks at a cobra in her shop in Hong Kong Jan 29, 2013. Chow is one of scores in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken Jan 29, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]

A worker washes snake meat near cages of snakes in the kitchen of a snake soup shop in Hong Kong Jan 29, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]