Along the celebration’s theme of " Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration", organizers will seek to highlight films that explore the threats to wild fauna and flora, their central importance for their habitats and ecosystems and for the communities who live near them, and the numerous initiatives to conserve them. This marks the seventh edition of the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase. Geneva/New York/Jackson Hole, 17 November 2021 – The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Jackson Wild, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced today that they will organize an international film showcaseon the occasion of the 2022 celebration of the United Nations World Wildlife Day.
finding the movie thrilling and enthralling.World Wildlife Day Film Showcase to highlight efforts to conserve endangered species and ecosystems
Creature Feature also liked the movie, giving it 3.5 out of 5 stars. The especially recommended the movies for fans of director Alan Rudolph, and praised effect of low-flying helicopters snatching cows from their pastures at night. They also found the cast to be excellent, and blamed the movie's failure on poor distribution by MGM. The New York Times found the idea of the movie ripped from then current headlines of cattle mutilations, and praises the efforts of the cast and editor to make the material of the movie realistic, but that the movie overall was "dumb." TV Guide was kinder to the movie, giving in three out of five stars. Morgan, who is turning the locals against Castle, also seems to have links to organizations which are not local, although these are denied. Castle is trying miserably to stay sober, and he finds himself back in danger and in love, as he and the sheriff work together to get to the bottom of the mystery, encountering incredible danger and resistance from the frightened locals. Morgan seems to know much more about the cattle killings than he is telling, and may know why the organs of the dead cattle are being harvested. Hiatt was the editor of the local paper whose theories about black helicopters have aroused the ire of cattle baron Ben Morgan. At first he tries to stay out of the case but finds himself involved after the mysterious death of his friend Joe Hiatt. Castle is a retired alcoholic police lieutenant out visiting the town with his tomboy daughter. Thriller about a burnt out New York ex-cop Reuben Castle (Robert Urich) and a female sheriff (Jo Beth Williams) who begin to fall in love while investigating a string of mysterious cattle mutilations in a small Wyoming town. Endangered Species is a 1982 science fiction film starring Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Peter Coyote and Hoyt Axton, that was directed and co-written by Alan Rudolph.
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