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National Wildlife Property Repository

Mounted Tigers stand at the end of an aisle full of various "cats" inside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Property Repository.

Mounted Tigers stand at the end of an aisle full of various “cats” inside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Property Repository.

  (Matthew Staver / For The Times)

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A nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of Denver offers a creepy, deeply macabre view into both the human psyche and the multibillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. The National Wildlife Property Repository is home to over 1.3 million items seized at ports throughout the nation.

Wildlife repository

Rhinoceros mounts inside crates at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Property Repository.

  (Matthew Staver / For The Times)

Wildlife repository

A case of Hawksbill sea turtle fighting “spurs” inside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Property Repository.

  (Matthew Staver / For The Times)

Wildlife repository

A shelf of turtles inside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Property Repository.

  (Matthew Staver / For The Times)

Wildlife repository

An aisle full of various cats inside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Property Repository.

  (Matthew Staver / For The Times)

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