Gambling on Extinction

Mar 1, 2015

0h 52m

★ 6.0

A look at the use and proliferation of illegal wildlife products throughout the world.

Overview

Today, only 3,200 tigers roam in the wild. At the current rate of poaching, elephants, rhinos and tigers living in the wild will be extinct in our lifetime. Who are the global players in this deadly game of power, greed and profit? Who pulls the strings and who are the customers? And why have ivory and rhino horn become perfect investment opportunities?

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Real To Reel

A&O Buero

Gambling on Extinction Trailers

Cast

Self (rhino farmer)

John Hume

Self (WildAid)

Peter Knights

Self

Julian Rademeyer

Self (International Fund for Animal Welfare)

Grace Gabriel

Self (SANParks forensic expert)

Kobus de Wet

Narrator

Jeff Douglas

Self (Wildlife Works ranger)

Eric Sagwe

Self (WildlifeDirect.org)

Paula Kahumbu

Self (ranger) (as Big Sam Mnisi)

Sam Mnisi

Self (Pungwe Bush Camp owner)

Loot Schultz

Self (Center for Advanced Defense Studies)

Thomas Ewing

Self (journalist)

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