Unreported World

Thailand's Tiger Kingpins (2021x3)

Air date: May 28, 2021

The battle to save Thailand's wild tigers from poachers and smugglers, who have made millions from their sinister and sometimes deadly trade. Reporter Jonathan Miller travels to the last safe haven of the near-extinct Indochinese tiger and meets the rangers and conservationists fighting to protect the endangered tiger. Thai wildlife enforcement agencies are determined to crack down on the illegal trade in both live and dead tigers. However, they are struggling against a lucrative and murky industry that supplies an insatiable demand from Vietnam and China for trophies and quack medicine.