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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

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

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.

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Bear weighing over 500lbs found hiding under home evacuated in California's Eaton fire

The bear was safely removed and released in the Angeles National Forest

The Independent UK

California aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to help with water issues and wildfires

Beavers have long been treated as a nuisance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams

The Independent UK

An otter turned outlaw continues to evade wildlife officials in Santa Cruz

Otter 841 has become a celebrity after a month of stealing surfboards at a popular beach in Santa Cruz. Authorities are trying to catch her, but the otter's fans want her to be left alone in the wild.

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Catch her if you can: viral surfboard-swiping otter is on the loose, and fans love it

The state’s wildlife department is concerned the friendly fur-covered swimmer has become too acclimated to humans

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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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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.

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Shark that attacked Monterey Bay swimmer was about 15 feet long, wildlife officials say

LOS ANGELES — A great white shark that bit and seriously injured a 62-year-old swimmer last month in Monterey Bay was about 15 feet long, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

Los Angeles Times

Man pleads guilty to taking two bear cubs from Northern California den

A Siskiyou County, California, man pleaded guilty to stealing two weeks-old bear cubs from a Northern California den in 2019, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said this week.

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Illicit Cannabis Cultivation In National Parks: Bad For Tourism, Worse For Environment

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) cannabis enforcement program recently released its year-end numbers for the 2021 calendar year, revealing that 2.6 million illegal weed plants were eradicated and 487,270 punds were destroyed.

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