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Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
It is a real story and made into a film to show the remarkable mission of the illegal Tibetan antelope poaching in the region of Kekexili, the largest animal reserve in China. It tells the tale of a brave local Tibetan who face his death and starvation in order to save the endangered antelope herds from a band of coldblooded hunters. The set is next to the backdrop of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
For the past 20 years, the antelope's number has been dwindling significantly, as many poachers tend to slaughter the animals and often hundreds at a time. Hunters hunt for the antelope skins, which is luxurious. In 1990, local Tibetans formed a voluntary patrol trying to stop illegal poaching and sometimes cost their lives.
The antelope makes many footprints at their breeding ground making them easier to catch. In the film, it shows a field hundreds of antelope remains near a lake. The patrol officers have to bury 10,000 antelope a year.
The air at kekexili is so thin that any kind of exertion is a hazard, and the place is so remote that even the smallest miscalculation can put you at grave risk of your life in the middle of nowhere.
It also illustrate the social changes whereby many of the young adults are unemployed, women become prostitutes, which is against Tibetans ancient religious and culture.
When this become a crisis, the government responds is by establishing the area as a nature reserve and send considerable agents to track down the poachers. The result is that there are now some 30,000 Himalayans antelope, increasing in numbers thanks to successful law enforcement.
Resources:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-patrol14apr14,1,4118766.
For the past 20 years, the antelope's number has been dwindling significantly, as many poachers tend to slaughter the animals and often hundreds at a time. Hunters hunt for the antelope skins, which is luxurious. In 1990, local Tibetans formed a voluntary patrol trying to stop illegal poaching and sometimes cost their lives.
The antelope makes many footprints at their breeding ground making them easier to catch. In the film, it shows a field hundreds of antelope remains near a lake. The patrol officers have to bury 10,000 antelope a year.
The air at kekexili is so thin that any kind of exertion is a hazard, and the place is so remote that even the smallest miscalculation can put you at grave risk of your life in the middle of nowhere.
It also illustrate the social changes whereby many of the young adults are unemployed, women become prostitutes, which is against Tibetans ancient religious and culture.
When this become a crisis, the government responds is by establishing the area as a nature reserve and send considerable agents to track down the poachers. The result is that there are now some 30,000 Himalayans antelope, increasing in numbers thanks to successful law enforcement.
Resources:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-patrol14apr14,1,4118766.
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