FROM FOOT STOOLS TO BINS
Merlin ID: 632984
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FROM FOOT STOOLS TO BINS
This elephant leg, which was sold as a bin, stands for the many deeply disturbing items that are being smuggled by people all over the world. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stores 1.5 million seized items at a warehouse in Denver, Colorado. Shopping trolleys are used to move the confiscated items around the warehouse. The body parts are placed on this backdrop to give dignity to the objects and pay respect to the animals that lose their lives in the name of status, greed and entertainment.
US Fish & Wildlife Service, The National Wildlife Property Repository, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Britta Jaschinski/Photographers Against Wildlife Crime
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