A Mausoleum for Endangered Species

A Mausoleum for Endangered Species<br />Photographs by TRISTAN SPINSKIJULY 10, 2017<br />The cabinets and shelves of the National Wildlife Property Repository, just northeast of Denver, are crammed with stuffed monkeys<br />and ivory carvings, snow leopard coats and dried seal penises, chairs with tails and lamps with hooves.<br />Most of them are contraband, seized at airports in New York City, Los Angeles<br />and other major ports of entry; some are donated by people who have no use for them.<br />A warehouse in Colorado offers evidence of the immense demand for goods made from threatened and endangered animals.