Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers

ROLE
Director / Cinematographer

COMPANY
BBC

ABOUT
Working alongside fearless wildlife crime investigators and covertly filming tiger traffickers, investigator Aldo Kane embarks on a perilous journey along key trafficking routes connecting Malaysia, China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. From tiger wine breweries in China, to small backyard holdings in Vietnam, the programme uncovers shocking evidence of demand for tiger parts that threatens to wipe out wild tigers entirely. Evidence includes footage of frozen tiger cubs in freezers at a breeding facility in Laos; tigers held in high security holding pens in Thai zoos; a trader openly selling tiger products in Laos with a street value higher than cocaine; and caged tigers fattened in a dark basement in Vietnam to be killed and cooked to order. Armed with the secret filmed evidence from the investigation Aldo travels to Geneva where it is presented to international decision-makers at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to act on.

REVIEWS
“The documentary was produced like and edge-or-the-seat thriller, with Kane breaking into closed facilities... to gather evidence. it was tense stuff” The Telegraph

“A powerful, revealing film” Radio Times

NOMINATIONS
Nominated for a Grierson Award