Poached

Wild Films ~ Poached

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
  • Library Hall

Best of Festival Award Winner at the 2015 International Wildlife Film Festival!

What happens when a boyhood hobby grows into a destructive obsession?

Poached brings viewers inside the bizarre underworld of illegal wild bird egg collecting by following convicted egg offenders as they evade an army of bird lovers and wildlife crime police during "Operation Easter" in Britain.

Egg thieves are motivated not by money but by desire for the beauty of the egg and the thrill of the chase. Thousands of eggs confiscated in police raids have been found strapped under beds, beneath floorboards, and in secret rooms.

With unprecedented access to the most notorious and inconspicuous perpetrators, Poached delves into the psychology of obsession. As these "eggers" confront the destructiveness of their behavior toward the very birds they profess to love, we wonder whether they can be redeemed and harnessed for good.

Run time: 91 min.

WILD FILMS AT THE LIBRARY is a free series of award-winning international wildlife films selected from the International Wildlife Film Festival. The International Wildlife Film Festival was established in 1977 in Missoula, Montana with a mission to promote awareness, knowledge and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people and nature through excellence in film, television and other media.