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A Pangolin Counter Poaching Team member holds a pangolin rescued during a joint operation with South African Police Services (SAPS) in Johannesburg suburb, on March 3, 2021. - Pangolins are believed to be the most trafficked mammals. They're prized for their scales, made of keratin, like human nails, which are used in Asia for their supposed medicinal properties. Only found in the wild in Asia and Africa, their numbers are plummeting under pressure from poaching. Pangolins are listed by wildlife watchdogs as vulnerable to critically endangered species. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP) (Photo by LUCA SOLA/AFP via Getty Images)

Nearly 30,000 trafficked animals were rescued in one month in global Interpol sting

Interpol says a monthlong operation led by the international police body resulted in the rescue of nearly 30,000 live animals that were being trafficked.

SOMES BAR, CA - AUGUST 15, 2024: Biologists capture juvenile fish in Wooley Creek, a tributary to the Salmon River which is one of the largest tributaries to the Klamath River on August 15, 2024 in Somes Bar, California. The Coho and Chinook are tagged with a monitoring device and also fin clipped for a genetic study.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Juvenile coho salmon found in Mendocino County creek after more than 30-year absence

A surfboard is pictured with a bite mark after a surfer was attacked by a shark on Friday in Sonoma County.

Surfer injured in shark attack off Sonoma County coast

FILE - A monarch butterfly feeds on milkweed Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies

Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) female at night, Aptos, Monterey Bay, California

Southern California mountain lions recommended for threatened status

California wildlife officials quietly shift on killing a high-profile predator

This 550-pound unwanted tenant is the new face of Altadena’s bear invasion

Here’s why San Francisco’s legendary albino alligator Claude died at just 30

California strongly objects to Trump’s plan to pump more Delta water south

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Santa Clarita, CA - November 27: Felicity Russo, 1, left, and her mom, Jorja Hudson, 36, right, from South Pasadena hold hands while petting and feeding "Romeo" the turkey rescued in 2018 during "A Gentle Thanksgiving" at The Gentle Barn on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Santa Clarita, CA. Founded in 1999, The Gentle barn is a six-acre farm animal sanctuary that hosts "A Gentle Thanksgiving" every year where guests can come to feed and pet rescued turkeys from Thanksgiving dinners. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

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Photos: Where the Thanksgiving turkeys are in charge

The Gentle Barn hosted what it billed as a pre-meal celebration of turkeys Thursday at the Santa Clarita animal sanctuary.

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