- Title: End Of The Game
- Date: 1st March 1992
- Summary: HUNDREDS OF SKULLS LAID OUT IN THE AFRICAN SOIL ARE GRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE POACHER'S WORK THAT HAS MADE THE BLACK RHINO VIRTUALLY EXTINCT IN ZAMBIA. AS TH E CONVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES MEETS IN JAPAN TO DECI DE WHETHER THE BAN ON IVORY TRADING SHOULD BE LIFTED THE END OF THE GAME LOOKS D EEPER INTO THE PROBLEM AND ASKS, WHITHER THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT? THE FILM SHOWS A PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED FROM THEIR LAND AND WILDLIFE BY SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS - A PEOPLE WHOSE POVERTY HAS TURNED THEM INTO POACHERS. BUT WITHIN ZAMBIA NOW EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST POACHERS, TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALLOWED LOCAL PEOPLE TO BENEFIT FROM TH EIR WILDLIFE, AND THE EFFECT OF THE CITES BAN ON IVORY TRADING HAVE COMBINED TO REDUCE POACHING DRAMATICALLY. THE END OF THE GAME SHOWS THAT THE RHINO MAY NOW BE GONE IN ZAMBIA, BUT FOR THE ELEPHANT THERE IS HOPE YET.
- Description:UNDER THE PASSIONATE LEADERSHIP OF NORFOLK ORNITHOLOGIST PAUL RUSSELL,ZAMBIA'S WILDLIFE PROTECTION SQUAD IS TRYING TO STAMP OUT CONSERVATION CRIMES.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:AMBER VALLEY PRODUCTIONS LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:01/03/1992
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s