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Riverside County man among 2 charged with trafficking Jaguar cub

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Trisha Denise Meyer, a Houston woman, sold the jaguar cub to 34-year-old Abdul Rahman from Murrieta in spring 2021. Rahman owned the cub for around two months before selling it to another buyer for $20,000. Rahman is scheduled to appear in a Riverside court hearing on Nov. 9. Meyer could face up to eight years in federal prison with a $700,000 fine.

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Riverside County man charged with trafficking jaguar cub

A Riverside County man and a Texas woman have been federally charged for illegally selling and transporting a jaguar cub that was later abandoned.Authorities say 40-year-old Trisha Denise Meyer, a Houston woman, sold the jaguar cub to 34-year-old Abdul Rahman from Murrieta in spring 2021. The jaguar was allegedly sold for $30,000 plus an additional $1,000 transportation fee from Texas to California.Rahman owned the jaguar cub for around two mont…

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Riverside County Man Among 2 Charged With Trafficking Jaguar Cub

A Texas woman was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for allegedly selling an endangered jaguar cub for $30,000 to a Riverside County man, who in turn...

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Riverside County man among 2 charged with trafficking Jaguar cub

A Texas woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for allegedly selling an endangered jaguar cub for $30,000 to a Riverside County man, who in turn re-sold it before it was ultimately abandoned outside an animal rescue center.

2 years ago·Philadelphia, United States

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