Plant Heist
Documentary
★ 9.0·2021·0h 18m
California’s fight to protect valuable native succulents from an international poaching ring. When suspicious packages are found in a small town in n...
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Chelsi de Cuba, Gabriel de Cuba
OVERVIEW
California’s fight to protect valuable native succulents from an international poaching ring. When suspicious packages are found in a small town in northern California, Game Warden Pat Freeling, gets a tip about the peculiar activity. After further investigation he exposes a vast network of illegal plant poachers. These smugglers ravage the landscape as they rip thousands of the native succulent, Dudleya Farinosa, from their natural habitat. This small unassuming plant carries a hefty bounty on its head internationally, where a single succulent boasts a price tag in the thousands. With the help of volunteers, native plant biologists, and local government, they fight to stop this ecological destruction.