Gambling on Extinction (2015)

03/01/2015 (EN) • 52m

Documentary

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?

Top Billed Cast

John Hume

Self (rhino farmer)

Peter Knights

Self (WildAid)

Grace Gabriel

Self (International Fund for Animal Welfare)

Kobus de Wet

Self (SANParks forensic expert)

Jeff Douglas

Narrator

Eric Sagwe

Self (Wildlife Works ranger)

Paula Kahumbu

Self (WildlifeDirect.org)

Sam Mnisi

Self (ranger) (as Big Sam Mnisi)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords

poacher

wildlife

endangered species

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