A hand-held skinning device for removing skin from an animal carcass, comprising: • a housing , • a manipulation arm in the form of a handle extending from said housing , • a cutting blade , • a motor driven tooth roll mounted on said housing having plurality of tooth wheels arranged in axially spaced apart arrangement with a mutual distance between adjacent tooth wheels to define a space there between, said tooth wheels having circumferentially arranged teeth projecting outwardly therefrom adapted to grab a skin of an animal carcass and pull it towards said cutting blade , wherein the skinning device further comprises: • a support structure mounted on said housing arranged in proximity to said tooth roll , said support structure being shaped such that at least a portion of a side of the support structure facing said tooth roll has an arc-shaped contour essentially following said tooth roll with a gap between the support structure and the tooth roll, said support structure being rigidly fixed in relation to said tooth roll and is adapted to engage the skin while pulling the skin along said arc between said support structure and said tooth roll while the skin is simultaneously being pulled off the carcass, and • strippers arranged in said space between adjacent tooth wheels, characterised in that : - the handle has a motor for driving said tooth roll incorporated therein, said handle having associated thereto an actuating means connected thereto to permit an operator of said device to actuate said motor, • said strippers circumferentially surround at least a space portion where said arc-shaped contour essentially follows said tooth roll, • the tooth roll is in the form of one single tooth roll; and • the power from a motor driving said single tooth roll is based on an internal gearing system that transfers the power from a rotation axis of the motor to said single tooth roll . • a housing , • a manipulation arm in the form of a handle extending from said housing , • a cutting blade , • a motor driven tooth roll mounted on said housing having plurality of tooth wheels arranged in axially spaced apart arrangement with a mutual distance between adjacent tooth wheels to define a space there between, said tooth wheels having circumferentially arranged teeth projecting outwardly therefrom adapted to grab a skin of an animal carcass and pull it towards said cutting blade , • a support structure mounted on said housing arranged in proximity to said tooth roll , said support structure being shaped such that at least a portion of a side of the support structure facing said tooth roll has an arc-shaped contour essentially following said tooth roll with a gap between the support structure and the tooth roll, said support structure being rigidly fixed in relation to said tooth roll and is adapted to engage the skin while pulling the skin along said arc between said support structure and said tooth roll while the skin is simultaneously being pulled off the carcass, and • strippers arranged in said space between adjacent tooth wheels, characterised in that : - the handle has a motor for driving said tooth roll incorporated therein, said handle having associated thereto an actuating means connected thereto to permit an operator of said device to actuate said motor, - the handle has a motor for driving said tooth roll incorporated therein, said handle having associated thereto an actuating means connected thereto to permit an operator of said device to actuate said motor, • said strippers circumferentially surround at least a space portion where said arc-shaped contour essentially follows said tooth roll, • the tooth roll is in the form of one single tooth roll; and • the power from a motor driving said single tooth roll is based on an internal gearing system that transfers the power from a rotation axis of the motor to said single tooth roll . <EOS>