The Lost Dragon (Swiss Press Video 2024, by Alex Spoerndli) - Swiss Press Award

SRF1, NZZ

Alex Spoerndli

One of the world's rarest lizards is exported across two international borders and dies a miserable death in the care of a European collector. And all this is completely legal. We follow the trail of the silver monitor lizard from Indonesia to Japan to Europe, revealing how unscrupulous pet traders, inconsistent legislation, and toothless international agreements are threatening biodiversity.