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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 ...
Scientists Discover Mysterious Ancient Human Brain Turned to Glass by Mount Vesuvius
A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...
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 ...
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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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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 ...
Passenger smuggles sea turtle skull on plane, found with other illegal taxidermy including wolverine
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced it has successfully ended a 2023 investigation that found suspects ...
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, ...
California couple expose smuggled turtle skull and more crimes to wildlife officials, leading to prosecution
A California couple pleaded guilty after admitting a series of wildlife crimes to state Fish and Wildlife officials on a flight in 2023.
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 admit to wildlife crimes after accidentally chatting to police officers on a flight
An investigation into a young California couple who unknowingly confessed several wildlife crimes to officers while in casual ...