Gambling on Extinction
“A look at the use and proliferation of illegal wildlife products throughout the world.”
2015•52m•6.0•Released
Documentary
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?
Director
Jakob Kneser
Writer
Jakob Kneser
Studio
Real To Reel
Cast
John Hume
Self (rhino farmer)
Peter Knights
Self (WildAid)
Julian Rademeyer
Self
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)
Loot Schultz
Self (Pungwe Bush Camp owner)
Thomas Ewing
Self (Center for Advanced Defense Studies)
Do Doan Hoang
Self (journalist)
Allan Thornton
Self (Environmental Investigation Agency)
Production
Company
Real To Reel
Company
A&O Buero
Producer
Jackie Chan
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