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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2018 · 20 MIN

18.03.07 - Ivory, bear bile and tiger skins: Confiscated contraband

from Naked Scientists Special Editions, iTunesU · host Dr Chris Smith, The Naked Scientists

When people take wildlife products over a border that is under the control of CITES. Some of it is illegal, and this is when Border Force step in, confiscating the items in question and when possible, returning them to the wild. But what do people bring through? Georgia Mills was shown the Dead Shed, by senior Border Force officer Grant Miller, a horrific stash of animal and plant products that had been confiscated at Heathrow Airport. This content may be upsetting to some people.

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