DENVER — The United States government says it needs more time to evaluate whether the collection of South African wildlife specimens it seized from a Colorado man's suitcase will be subject to criminal forfeiture. The property in question includes a headdress comprising 110 scarlet macaw feathers, three earrings composed of scarlet macaw feathers and four handicrafts containing a jaguar tooth, deer bones, bear bones and armadillo tails.
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