Kateřina Hrochová

The Dog Money Factory

The Czech Republic is called the nation of dog breeders, but it is also infamous as a breeding superpower. Moreover, this business, in which incredible money is made, is constantly evolving. For example, a new 'profession' has emerged to outwit the system and the customer. Resellers. The documentary charts the Czech Television team's search for one of them. Where did an innocent-looking anonymous advertisement with a photo of a cute Chihuahua lead the documentary filmmakers? What role do traffickers play in the breeding business, how to recognize them? How to proceed if we come across them? Where is there a systemic solution in all this?

Reproduction 2.0

There are currently 41 assisted reproduction clinics in the Czech Republic. Their annual turnover reaches billions. Is it still medicine or a business without ethical rules? Where does interest in fetal health end, and where does modern eugenics with its catalogue of babies on demand begin? Where does the urgent need for donated gametes end, and questions about what to do with "excess" embryos begin?