The Latest Breaking News from California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Three arrested for trafficking elephant tusks, rhinoceros horns and other animal goods

One of the largest cases of trafficking illegal animal products in recent years

The Independent UK · Jan 27

Outcry as California bear fatally shot after Tahoe camper attack

California park rangers used DNA evidence to tie the bear to ‘multiple home invasions and vehicle break-ins’

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025

Poachers take ‘gross over-limits’ of surf perch using an illegal method

California game wardens in a patrol boat during the opener of the spiny lobster season witnessed the illegal activity occurring on shore.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 8, 2025

Savage mountain lion mauls child playing in park in rare attack on human

San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office were called to reports of a mountain lion attack on Tuesday evening in Pico Canyon Park, California, US, after a child was mauled

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

Threatened red fox pops up south of Yosemite, increasing species’ survival chances

The sleek and tenacious Sierra Nevada red fox — once thought to have disappeared from the mountain range that bears its name — has been detected near the eastern boundary of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2023

California’s endangered salmon population plummets amid new threat

They’ve been pushed to the brink of extinction by dams, drought, extreme heat and even the flare of wildfires, but now California’s endangered winter-run Chinook salmon appear to be facing an entirely new threat — their own ravenous hunger for anchovies.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 4, 2023

‘Incredibly difficult’: Why officials euthanized ailing mountain lion P-22

LOS ANGELES — Since capturing P-22 earlier this week, wildlife officials struggled with the best path for the celebrity mountain lion who spent more than a decade roaming Griffith Park and the hillsides of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 17, 2022

Exam finds famed LA mountain lion may have been hit by car

Wildlife experts say the famous Hollywood-roaming mountain lion known as P-22 is drastically underweight and probably was struck and hurt by a car

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

What will happen to P-22 after his capture? ‘No options are off the table’ for big cat

LOS ANGELES — Sarah Picchi was on a work call at her Los Feliz home on Monday morning when wildlife officials buzzed her front gate with a startling message: You have a lion in your backyard.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 13, 2022

Hollywood's famous, aging mountain lion has been captured by authorities. Now what?

P-22 has lived in Griffith Park for a decade, earning nicknames like the "Hollywood Cat" and the "Brad Pitt of mountain lions." He is undergoing health evaluations after exhibiting signs of distress.

WEKU · Dec 13, 2022