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Confiscated!

Swiss photographer Markus Bühler-Rasom spent two days in the basement storeroom of the Federal Veterinary Office in 2009, surrounded by hundreds of illegally imported and confiscated objects, taking pictures of the most bizarre and striking items.

The idea for the photo shoot came after he met veterinary officials to negotiate the release of his own confiscated polar bear fur boots. It was a “fascinating” array of materials, he told swissinfo.ch.

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