Angeles National Forest

Authorities in California detained poaching suspects in Angeles National Forest who were found with bloody hands and a decapitated deer, according to the Los Angeles Times. The incident has drawn attention to illegal hunting in the forest north of Los Angeles and to enforcement of wildlife protection laws in the area.

Wildlife officials are investigating after poachers killed and beheaded a deer in Angeles National Forest, California. Authorities report the animal was left behind with its head removed, suggesting trophy hunting rather than subsistence poaching. Officials are asking anyone with information about the illegal killing to come forward as the investigation continues.