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 ...
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 ...
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California hunters expose smuggled turtle skull and more crimes to wildlife officials, leading to prosecution
SACRAMENTO — California hunters pleaded guilty after exposing a series of wildlife crimes, including illegally smuggling the skull of an endangered sea turtle, to state Fish and Wildlife ...
CDFW officers uncover illegal wildlife taxidermy trophies during flight chat
A Chico couple has reached a settlement in a case involving the unlawful possession of a sea turtle skull and other protected ...
California couple convicted after plane chat leads to animal trafficking bust
Couple unwittingly revealed to state wildlife agents that they were transporting the remains of a protected sea turtle ...
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Plainclothes wildlife officers flying next to Cali couple overhear illegal hunting escapades, start chatting
California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers boarded a commercial airplane back upstate from San Diego. They’d just ...
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Casual in-flight chat exposes Napa County man’s ‘trophy room’ of illegally taken animals
Authorities found two stuffed mountain lions and one stuffed wolverine at a Napa County man’s home after his family members ...
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California couple confided about stuffed mountain lion to fellow fliers, authorities say. They were in for a shock
Not only that, the couple had a trophy of their own, the skull of a green sea turtle, and it was with them aboard that very plane. The passengers in the row ahead were sure to have listened with ...
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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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Illegal Hunting Boasting Caught by Wildlife Officers on Flight
On a flight to Sacramento in November 2023, a California couple found themselves in a conversation with fellow passengers ...