The Tiger Mafia
The magnificent tiger is one of the world’s most beloved, and threatened creatures.Filmmaker Karl Ammann uncovers their illegal breeding in secret South East Asian tiger farms.His nine-year investigation exposes how body parts are harvested from both live and butchered tigers, and then traded for sale in China’s underground pharmaceutical and jewelry industries.
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The magnificent tiger is one of the world’s most beloved, and threatened creatures. Filmmaker Karl Ammann uncovers their illegal breeding in secret South East Asian tiger farms. His nine-year investigation exposes how body parts are harvested from both live and butchered tigers, and then traded for sale in China’s underground pharmaceutical and jewelry industries.
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- Release date
- Sep 28, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
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- Language
- German, English
- Country
- Switzerland
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