Some compare illegal wildlife trafficking to a war. On the front line are the poachers and the game rangers. Syndicates often rely on the corruptibility of these poorly-paid rangers to be information providers and protectors. Anton Mzimba, a guardian of rhinos and other big game in South Africa, refused to be one of them.

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer - Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original Music Composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor - Nicholas Alexander

Sound Designer and Mixer - David Smith

Fact Checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

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