NATION IN BRIEF : OKLAHOMA : Illegal Hunters Left Their Names Behind

Hunters who paid thousands of dollars to kill endangered animals left their names, addresses and pictures of themselves with their kills as evidence, game officials said. Officials raided Texoma Hunting Wilderness in southeastern Oklahoma, closing down the hunting range and confiscating piles of records and animal skins. Several live animals were seized. No charges have been filed. Tom McKay, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said each hunter paid from $1,000 to $4,000 to select an animal from a cage, have it released onto a “killing area” about the size of a football field and shoot it. Among animals killed were grizzly bears, elk and cougars.