Africa's Deadly Rhino Horn Trade: Gambling on Extinction | Africa Documentary

Unscrupulous investors, speculating on the disappearance of rare animals, and increased demand for animal products from Asia are pushing endangered animals into extinction.
Worldwide, the illegal trade in endangered animals is booming. No longer just the work of individuals or small gangs, it is now dominated by well-organised and equipped international cartels. Wildlife poaching has become the most lucrative illegal business, after the trade in drugs and weapons, with an annual turnover of an estimated twenty billion dollars.
Today, only 3,200 tigers roam 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?
This documentary was produced by A&O Buero and directed by Jakob Kneser. It was first released in 2015.
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[@nathanchermely]

I wish China and Vietnam would make Rhino horn traditional medicine and trophy's extremely punishable offence.

[@butterfly9274]

They are very selfish look at how they respect their panda Bear🙄

[@nathanchermely]

@@butterfly9274 it is so selfish and absolutely makes no since with modern medicine. It is time for the World to start holding these people accountable.

[@theblackgods4699]

​@@nathanchermelyhow many animals were made extinct to build European capitals in the 19th and 18th century . You people love to pretend you hands are clean but you've destroyed most the wildlife in you already small countries

[@vickomen333]

and the Europeans to stop zoos too

[@larryschirato6437]

Wtf Unfair to the animals but we have the Right. GFYRSLF AH