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Passenger smuggles sea turtle skull on plane, found with other illegal taxidermy including wolverine
California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers say they were able to stumble across ... the CDFW said a family member ...
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Calif. couple bragged to wildlife officers they killed mountain lion, took turtle skull
Based on the conversation with Fitzpatrick and Price, wildlife officers also searched the Napa home of Harry Vern Fitzpatrick ...
California couple revealed sea turtle skull to officers after 2023 flight, officials say
A casual conversation on a 2023 flight exposed several wildlife crimes committed by three Northern California residents, state officials said.
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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 ...
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 couple expose smuggled turtle skull and more crimes to wildlife officials, leading to prosecution
Two illegally taxidermied mountain lions and one taxidermied wolverine were found in the relative's home in Napa. All animals and animal parts were seized from both homes. Back in 2023 ...
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 ...
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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 ...