CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : 21 Arrested for Animal Contraband

Twenty-one Californians have been arrested for buying animal parts, selling raw animal furs without a trapping license and poaching, the state Fish and Game Department said. Arrests were made in San Francisco, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta and Orange counties, said DeWayne Johnston, chief of the department’s wildlife protection division. During a 15-month investigation, two undercover agents bought and sold hundreds of pelts and animal parts. Many of the animals were trapped or shot out of season without hunting licenses. Some animals were on the federal endangered species list.