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 the flight.
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Passenger smuggles sea turtle skull on plane, found with other illegal taxidermy including wolverine
During their search, authorities found the sea turtle skull, multiple mountain lions, a wolverine, a ringtail cat, owl parts and illegally harvested deer. Formal complaints were filed against Harry ...
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Calif. couple bragged to wildlife officers they killed mountain lion, took turtle skull
They also found illegally owned and protected animals and animal parts, Tira said: “Mountain lion claws, a ringtail cat, a barn owl mount, an illegal spike buck and several unlawfully taken deer ...
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California couple revealed sea turtle skull to officers after 2023 flight, officials say
Officers also discovered that the couple illegally possessed mountain lion claws, a ringtail cat, a barn owl mount, a spike buck, and several deer with tagging violations. "Deer season was closed ...