Britta Jaschinski - Crimes
Britta Jaschinski01White-throated toucans are listed as vulnerable to extinction on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
Britta Jaschinski02Bird heads a smuggler attempted to illegally traffic.
Britta Jaschinski03Purses made from dead toads are among the Denver repository's many fashion accessories, including fur coats and leather boots.
Britta Jaschinski04The critically endangered Hawksbill turtle is coveted for its beautiful shell. The US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that 15,000 females remain in the wild.
Britta Jaschinski05Lizards are frequently poached for their skin, meat and body parts.
Britta Jaschinski06Two mounted cobras are among countless taxidermy objects at the National Wildlife Property Repository outside Denver.
Britta Jaschinski07Ape skulls are often purchased as trophies in the US.
Britta Jaschinski08These smuggled bird feathers are part of the global $23 billion illegal wildlife market.
Britta Jaschinski09Giraffes are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They are poached for their meat and hides, and also as trophies. In 2016, official with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Miami found a giraffe bust being sold for $100,000.
Britta Jaschinski10Many objects at the Denver repository, like this green-throated hummingbird, are sealed in plastic bags.
Britta Jaschinski11The population of many kingfisher species is decreasing, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Britta Jaschinski12Less than 3,900 tigers remain in the wild, but that doesn't stop poachers from killing these endangered animals—along with other cats like jaguars, leopards and cheetahs—for their pelts.
Britta Jaschinski13A hood preserves the head of a taxidermy cat.
Britta Jaschinski14Rhinos are valued in Asia for the supposed medicinal properties of their horns, which can fetch $45,000 per pound. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, more than two-thirds of rhino horns confiscated worldwide from 2006 to 2015 were headed for China or Vietnam. An estimated 30,000 rhinos remain in the wild.
