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Calif. couple bragged to wildlife officers they killed mountain lion, took turtle skull
A California couple told plain-clothed officers they were smuggling a sea turtle skull, hunted mountain lion and their family ...
California couple revealed smuggled sea turtle skull, more wildlife crimes, officials say
A casual conversation on a 2023 flight exposed several wildlife crimes committed by three Northern California residents, ...
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‘Unsuspecting Couple’ Shows Smuggled Turtle Skull to Wildlife Officers
A California couple started chatting about their illegal hunting exploits with fellow passengers. Those passengers were ...
A Couple on a Flight Boasted of Illegal Hunting. Wildlife Officers Were Listening.
The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during ...
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Chico couple, family member in Napa County reach settlement with California Department of Fish and Wildlife for numerous wildlife crimes
Inside of the couple's residence in Chico, wildlife officers found mountain lion claws, a ringtail cat, a barn owl mount, an ...
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Settlement reached after a Clayton man poached a pronghorn, the antelope-like mammal
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife began its investigation last August when its law enforcement division received a tip of a person who’d been seen illegally shooting and taking a ...
NorCal couple who blurted wildlife crimes to officers plead guilty
A Northern California couple unsuspectingly divulged a number of wildlife crimes to plainclothes officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) while on a ...
A casual in-flight chat exposed a Calif. 'trophy room' of illegal wildlife
An in-flight chat with a California couple led plainclothes officers to uncover illegal wildlife, including a sea turtle ...
New Fish and Wildlife campaign urges Californians to "Save a swamp, Sauté a Nutria"
It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the US Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to know that nutria can be ...
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Calif. couple bragged to wildlife officers they killed mountain lion, took turtle skull
“For sure” they were bragging about their trafficking wildlife and poaching, said Andrew Halverson, assistant chief of law enforcement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlif ...
Couple on a flight boasted of illegal hunting. Wildlife officers were listening
On the flight, the couple were talking about hunting while seated behind the two officers, who were not in uniform, the ...