Couple confesses illegal smuggling of endangered animal skull to plainclothes officers, CDFW says
A conversation on an airplane led to multiple convictions involving the illegal possession of the remains of endangered ...
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Chinook Salmon Are Swimming in This California River for the First Time in More Than 80 Years
Chinook salmon were once abundant in the North Yuba River in California’s Sierra Nevada. But since 1941, they’ve been kept ...
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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 ...
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 confided about stuffed mountain lion to fellow fliers, authorities say. They were in for a shock
The passengers in the row ahead were sure to have listened with avid interest. They were officers with the California ...
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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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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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Airplane conversation with California couple leads to wildlife trafficking case: CDFW
Airplane chats between a California couple and wildlife officers led to illegally-owned animals and animal parts in Chico and ...
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Ask Lookout: What’s the status of humpback whales in Monterey Bay and Dungeness crab fishing gear entanglements?
Humpback whale populations have increased, but a change in migration patterns has them staying in Monterey Bay during the ...
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 ...