Gallery: WILDLIFE COPS

Ken Goddard atop Natl F&W Forensics Lab roof w/ bldg blueprints, once a pipedream-in-a-briefcase. Oregon

Peter Dratch fills vial of tissue with homogenizing buffer for serology tests; NFW Forensic Lab Oregon

Ed Espinoza & JoAnn Shafer bore elephant tusk for age-testing of ivory cores; NF&W Forensics Lab. Oregon

Ed Espinoza exams message on seized bear skin to ID writing tool used;NF&W Forensics Lab, Ashland Oregon

To gather study samples of gunshot residue Mary-Jacque Mann swabs marksman's face; NFW Forensc Lab Oregon

Mary-Jacque Mann analyzes gunshot residue w/ electron microscope @ Natl Fish Wildlife Forensc Lab Oregon

Mary-Jacque Mann selects gold-coated ivory chunks for electron microscopy;Natl FW Forensics Lab Oregon

Rare British Museum text helps Steve Busack ID Chinese snake as natrix stolata; NFW Forensic Lab Oregon

Beth Ann Sabo uses a hand lens to ID feather from seized Indian souvenir; Natl F&W Forensics Lab Oregon

Contraband fills warehouse that Rhoda Ralston, Darrell Hegdahl & Tom Rayl run; NF&W Forensics Lab Oregon

Contraband Nile croc heads sit in trio by suitcase made of kin's skins; Natl F&W Forensics Lab. Oregon

Contraband, carved walrus penis bone, or oosik, & illegal polar bear rug; Natl F&W Forensics Lab Oregon

Natl symbol's haggard look reflects sad state of wildlife; frozen bald eagle;Natl Eagle Repository Oregon

Melanie Raymond, Wildlife Inspectr, checks Dick Stewart's antler cargo bound for Korea; Seattle. Washington

Rich McDonald-USFW Special Agnt-uses spotting scope on car window to track suspect in Olympic NF. Washington

Endangered phantom of the Pacific NW old-growth forests, spotted owl flies from branch;Olympic NF Washington