Source: CCTV news client
Recently, the Guangxi Resources County People's Court publicly pronounced a verdict on an illegal hunting, endangering precious and endangered wild animals criminal incidental civil public interest litigation case. Defendants Zhou X, Tang X Yu, Xie X X, and Zhang X were sentenced to three months' detention and fined 1,000 yuan for the crime of illegal hunting, six months' imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 yuan for endangering precious and endangered wild animals, and six months' imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 yuan for several crimes; defendant Tang X was sentenced to six months' detention and fined 1,000 yuan for the crime of endangering precious and endangered wild animals; and the five defendants jointly compensated the loss of national natural resources by 20,000 yuan To fulfill the obligations of the "Letter of Commitment" made to the People's Procuratorate of Resource County, in the collective mountain of Pingshuidi Village, Meixi Town, Resource County, to plant 25 acres of trees in accordance with the replanting and re-greening plan designed by the Forestry Bureau of Resource County, and if it is not performed or the acceptance is unqualified, it shall compensate the remaining ecological compensation of 23,800 yuan in accordance with the "Commitment"; within 10 days after the effective date of this judgment, the public apology will be made in the news media at or above the resource county level.
After trial, the court ascertained: From 8:00 p.m. on September 14, 2021 to about 4:00 a.m. the next day, defendants Zhou xxx, Tang xxyu, Xie xx, Tang xxqiang, and Zhang xx met to go to Maoping Mountain Farm in Pingshuidi Village, Meixi Town, Resource County (from March 27, 2020, the county-wide jurisdiction of Resources County is a hunting area, and the annual hunting period for terrestrial wild animals) illegally hunted wild birds, and the five people used electricity to use searchlights to attract birds, and then used bamboo poles to hunt birds. On the way back, defendant Zhou Moumou was arrested on the spot by the police of the Forest Public Security Bureau of Resource County, and the other four people fled and surrendered one after another. After identification, the five-person hunted 90 bird samples, divided into 18 species, including: 1 small crow crane, which is a national second-level key protected wild animal; the remaining 89 are nationally protected "three haves" wild animals, namely 2 purple-backed reed quail, 2 small cuckoos, 16 yellow-footed three-toed quails, 8 brown three-toed quails, 1 brown-faced crane warbler, 8 red-tailed burrows, 1 gray-backed starling, 2 red-winged crested crested cranes, 2 fire-spotted doves, 4 black-naped yellow orioles, 4 noisy cranes, 5 common kingfishers, 5 blue emeralds, and 3 egrets. There are 6 cattle-backed herons, 16 pond herons and 4 grass herons.
The court held that the defendants Zhou X, Tang X Yu, Xie X X and Zhang X violated hunting regulations by using prohibited methods to hunt in a forbidden hunting area and destroy wildlife resources, the circumstances were serious, and their conduct constituted the crime of illegal hunting. Defendants Zhou X, Tang X Yu, Xie X, Zhang X, and Tang X Qiang illegally hunted rare and endangered wild animals under key national protection, and their conduct constituted the crime of endangering precious and endangered wild animals, which was a joint crime. The five defendants' conduct destroyed the national wildlife resources, caused national economic losses, and harmed the social public interest, and in addition to being given criminal punishment in accordance with law, they should also be sentenced to compensation for the loss of national natural resources. Based on the statutory and discretionary sentencing circumstances and performance of remorse of the five defendants, the court made the above judgment in accordance with law.
(Reporters Liao Mi, Liu Chang, Li Ziyi, Wang Fangyin)