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A big game hunter has been arrested after allegedly smuggling eight rare animal carcasses in his luggage through San Francisco International Airport.
Jason Keith Bruce, 49, is facing up to 25 years behind bars after he was snared for attempting to use forged government documents to transport several high-value corpses into the country, including an endangered Ladakh urial sheep, federal prosecutors said.
Bruce, of Sacramento County, California, was charged alongside Pakistani hunting expert Pir Danish Ali, 43, for the alleged crimes following a hunting trip to Pakistan in 2018, with both men facing significant jail time and thousands in fines if convicted.
An investigation was later launched by the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Law Enforcement, which reportedly uncovered a wide-ranging smuggling ring perpetrated by Ali's company to sneak animal carcasses through airports.
Jason Keith Bruce, 49, pictured with one of his big game hunting trophies, is facing up to 25 years in prison after allegedly attempting to smuggle endangered species
The hunter allegedly paid $50,000 to Ali to help him kill the endangered long-horned sheep, before planning to ship the
