Wildlife Forensics Lab

Seized
US Customs officers display some of the many wildlife products confiscated at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. The Fish and Wildlife Service stations a mere 115 officers at seventeen ports in the United States. The service must therefoer rely on the assistance of the border patrol and customs officers to help them detect contraband. The task can be overwhelming: Of the 20,000 containers that come into major ports like Los Angeles and New York each day, generally less than twenty are inspected for illegal wildlife.

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