African wildlife protectors get a hand in detective training in Commerce City
(WorldNews Environment)

By Sam Brasch, Colorado Public Radio DENVER — Saving African wild cats, elephants and other species from extinction takes serious police work. That’s why some of the continent’s conservation officers came to Commerce City, Colorado. They came to train with their U.S. counterparts at a sort of mausoleum for animals lost to poachers and wildlife traffickers: the National Wildlife Property Repository. Coleen Schaefer, a specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, led the delegation of 42 conservation officials through the warehouse. She held up a business card holder fashioned from an elephant toenail. The object is one of 1.3 million at the repository. There’s...