A California couple told plain-clothed officers they were smuggling a sea turtle skull, hunted mountain lion and their family ...

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 ...

Two people have been convicted of wildlife trafficking charges after unknowingly showing off their illegal goods to off-duty wildlife officials. The couple were on a short-haul flight in California ...

They were just passengers aboard an airplane, flying over California and having a chat. The couple was relating their adventures in hunting to the pair of fliers in the row ahead of them.

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 ...

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, and ...

At their home, the authorities discovered a mounted barn owl, a ringtail cat, mountain lion claws, and many deer that had been captured without the appropriate tags. In California, ringtail cats ...

Officers also found mountain lion claws, taxidermied animals including a ringtail cat and a barn owl, an illegally hunted spike buck and several illegally hunted deer with tagging violations ...