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November 5, 2022

Charlemagne

The Tiger Mafia

Laurin Merz and Karl Ammann | CH | 2021 | 90 minutes | E/d

According to the Chinese calendar, this year is the year of the tiger. This will hardly do the largest big cats any good: tigers have a hard time in the wild, poachers want their fur and global warming is making them a problem. In captivity, however, tigers are an extremely popular subject for photos in countless private zoos in Asia. There, tigers are bred on a large scale and often under questionable conditions, for example to be sold as living mascots to wealthy families. But the dead animal also brings in a lot of money: every fibre of the tiger is turned into a business: for example as a talisman, as an aphrodisiac or as another dubious medicine.

The comprehensive undercover report provides a never-before-seen insight into this multi-million dollar business. The filmmakers researched for ten years and present a shocking documentary about how bad life is for tigers. But there are also bright spots...

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Genre: Documentary

Society and Politics

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