Pangolin - Journey to Freedom

Wayne de Lange Austria 2025 50 min.

Meet Kosha, a small, scaly, ant-eating mammal with a ridiculously long tongue... and no teeth. In 2017 kosha got saved from poachers in Zimbabwe when she was just a baby and eventually got released back in nature successfully, where we follow her on all her extraordinary adventures. 

Kosha is the cutest star in an extraordinary success story in the rehabilitation of wild animals. She got saved from poachers in Zimbabwe in 2017 as a pup and is presumabl the longest-tracked pangolin in the wild. Her start in life was a challenging one, because when she arrived at the Tikki Hywood foundation (THF) she refused to drink milk.  At his wit's end, her caretaker took her to an anthill, and to everyone's surprise, little Kosha eagerly began eating ants. Once she was strong enough, she was released into the wild with a transmitter. Kosha has been monitored for seven years, and thanks to various camera techniques, we can follow her on her fascinating journey through life.

This screening will be dubbed live by actor, film- and animal lover Koen Monserez.