A California couple told plain-clothed officers they were smuggling a sea turtle skull, hunted mountain lion and their family ...

Inside of the couple's residence in Chico, wildlife officers found mountain lion claws, a ringtail cat, a barn owl mount, an ...

An in-flight chat with a California couple led plainclothes officers to uncover illegal wildlife, including a sea turtle ...

A casual conversation on a 2023 flight exposed several wildlife crimes committed by three Northern California residents, state officials said.

“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 ...

The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during ...

A mountain lion killed two goats and a sheep at a Fort Bragg homestead, highlighting human/wildlife encounters in Northern ...

A casual conversation on a 2023 flight between a Northern California couple and state Fish ... Law Enforcement Nathaniel Arnold said in a statement. "Like human and narcotics trafficking, wildlife ...

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 Chico couple has reached a settlement in a case involving the unlawful possession of a sea turtle skull and other protected ...

A California couple pleaded guilty to multiple wildlife crimes, including the illegal smuggling of a sea turtle skull, after revealing their offenses during a conversation with wildlife officers ...