A casual conversation on a 2023 flight exposed several wildlife crimes committed by three Northern California residents, ...
Purchasing the lions was just the first part. A platform would be needed to display the lions due to limited hallway space.
They also showed the officers a video of a “trophy room” at the home of Fitzpatrick’s relative, which contained taxidermied mountain lions, wolves and a wolverine — all protected species ...
The couple also revealed that in addition to them illegally hunting a mountain lion, which is a protected species in California, a family member who lives in Napa County had multiple taxidermied ...