The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during the flight. By Alexandra E. Petri On a flight to Sacramento in November 2023, ...

A casual conversation on a 2023 flight between a Northern California couple and state Fish and Wildlife officers exposed several wildlife crimes, including the illegal smuggling of an endangered sea ...

A Northern California couple face fines and probation after they told plain-clothes wildlife officers they had a sea turtle skull in their luggage, and that they and their family owned taxidermized ...

A Butte County couple on a California flight told plain-clothed wildlife officers they were carrying an illegal sea turtle skull in their luggage. California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers ...