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Face charges this week in zimbabwe and they could spend ten years in jail if found guilty. david mckenzie, cnn, johannesburg. >> and zimbabwe officials limit hunting around the game reserve where cecil was killed. many question if that is enough to curb illegal hunting and trade. cnn investigative correspondent drew griffin reports that illegal animal trade generates billions of dollars every year. >> step in this breaux tess k, macabre warehouse on the outskirts of denver and you'll soon grasp just how endangered the world's endangered species really are. >> this is an animal that's about to ...

Their tusks can be sold for more than $1,000 a pound. according to a recent study, poachers killed more than 100,000 african elephants between 2010 and 2012. those numbers are one piece of the illegal animal trade that generates billions of dollars every year. our senior investigative correspondent drew griffin tonight reports. >> reporter: step into this grotesque, macabre warehouse on the outskirts of denver, and you'll soon grasp just how endangered this world's endangered species really are. >> this is an animal that's about to go extinct, really. >> it's the same plight for the rhino and ...

Some sad breaking news to bring you this hour. according to park officials, the brother of cecil the lion named jericho was killed earlier today by an illegal hunter in a national park in zimbabwe. this as zimbabwe is requesting the extradition of american dentist walter palmer. palmer admits killing the beloved and now world famous lion known as cecil on july 1st but says he did not know it was a protected lion. as outrage grows over cecil's killing and now his brother's killing -- >> extradite palmer! other less famous animals are being slaughtered by poachers in africa. drew griffin reports...

Here's cnn's senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin. >> reporter: step into this grotesque, macabre warehouse on the outskirts of denver -- wow. and you'll soon grasp just how endangered this world's endangered species really are. >> this is an animal that's about to go extinct, really. >> it's the same plight for the rhino and tiger and elephant. they could all go extinct within our lifetime. >> reporter: colleen schaefer runs the wildlife repository for the u.s. fish and wildlife service. this is just a fraction of what wildlife officials recover. just enough to see how repulsive t...