Der letzte Raubzug

Gambling on Extinction

Every 15 minutes an elephant is killed. Extinction is no longer a by-product of poaching, it is the very purpose. "Der letzte Raubzug" ("Gambling on Extinction") is a powerful documentary that takes you from the killing fields in Kenya and South Africa to the trading hubs of Vietnam and China with undercover investigators, rangers, ex-poachers, conservationists and buyers. Director Jakob Kneser exposes the lethal mechanisms of the global trade, the terrorist connection, explains who the customers are, what generates demand, and what can be done to stop the slaughter. A story about greed and a merciless battle over a limited resource: Wild elephants and rhinos. It is in fact the dark side of globalization: Ivory and rhino horn have become lucrative commodities. It is now a 20 billion dollar a year business, the most lucrative after drugs and weapons, and has been taken over by powerful, connected, heavily armed international syndicates.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH