Recently, according to Chinese news media reports, a food internet celebrity blogger named "Tizi" was popular all over the Internet for filming videos of boiled sharks and barbecue sharks, but some people reflected that this shark is an internationally endangered wildlife man-eating shark, which is equivalent to a national second-level protected animal. At present, the police have received reports of the case, and the relevant cases are under investigation.
As soon as the news spread, it immediately triggered a discussion among netizens, and some netizens said: These bloggers are too desperate to increase fans, and even endangered animals dare to eat? There are also many netizens who wonder: where do Internet celebrity bloggers buy protected animals in these countries, is there a black industrial chain behind it?
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Internet celebrity "Tizi" cooks great white sharks
According to police information, the police have confirmed that the shark in the Net Red "Tizi" video is a national second-level protected animal, also known as the great white shark, and the relevant personnel have been effectively controlled, the police also said that now the detection department is testing whether the great white shark is a juvenile or an adult, and then carry out a value assessment, this result will also involve the final case review.
Judging from the videos filmed by "Tizi" in the past, this is not her first time to dabble in strange ingredients, she has also eaten 30 pounds of large earth dragons, 30 pounds of tiger crabs, 200 pounds of big ostriches and so on.
Recently, "Tizi" has been exposed to have eaten 66 pounds of golden baby fish, and this baby fish is only a few in the country, the wild baby fish is a national second-level protected animal, only artificial breeding can be eaten, the source of the doll fish in the current video can not be determined.
Why do Internet celebrities target national second-level protected animals?
Internet celebrity blogger "Tizi" was investigated for eating the national second-level protected animal Great White Shark, in the eating and broadcasting industry, there are many bloggers who take the same hunting route as "Tizi" to attract attention, why do Internet celebrities target national second-level protected animals?
In May 2021, an internet celebrity blogger named "Ah Zhuang Pot Himself" posted a video of eating a snail about 15 centimeters long.
It is understood that the snail is the natural enemy of the long-spined starfish, but also the "protection god" of coral, which plays an important role in controlling the number of starfish and protecting the diversity of the coral tree biome, and is a national second-level protected animal. The three suspects were also criminally detained by the police in accordance with the law on suspicion of endangering precious and endangered wild animals.
Net red cooking Qinghai Lake naked carp
Earlier, on October 13, 2018, an Internet celebrity blogger from Xining, Qinghai, "Ha Kai Ge", cooked several naked carps from Qinghai Lake, commonly known as Huangyu, which is also a national second-level protected animal, and this video was also removed from the shelves after being reported by netizens.
Eating and broadcasting chaos is frequent, why do these bloggers target national second-level protected animals? Aren't they afraid of breaking the law? It turned out that this was their means of attracting traffic, and in order to increase fans, they did not hesitate to walk on the edge of breaking the law.
The big stomach king eats and broadcasts are prevalent
In the past few years, the eating and broadcasting industry began to prevail, and many big stomach kings began to rise, as long as the video of eating a large amount of food at one time can get more than one million likes.
Many people have begun to follow suit, and even appeared fake eating, vomiting behavior, until August 2020 CCTV attacked the big stomach king eating broadcast there is a serious waste of food, sensationalism, induce consumption problems, and then the major platforms have rectified the phenomenon of bad eating broadcasting, after which the big stomach king eating broadcast gradually began to stop, many well-known bloggers changed to the store exploration model.
Some of the eating and broadcasting bloggers have taken a different path to pursue a more curious eating and broadcasting model, and relevant people also explained that because operating an account needs to accumulate, and some bloggers can't stand waiting, choosing some rare, curious ingredients will also attract more traffic, so the national second-level protected animals are gradually being targeted.
Is there a black industrial chain behind these eating and broadcasting?
Eating and broadcasting chaos is frequent, many bloggers will often do whatever it takes to attract fans, so where do illegal Internet celebrity bloggers "Tizi" buy great white sharks, is there a black industrial chain behind these eating broadcasts?
For the question of where the great white shark comes from, the Internet celebrity blogger "Tizi" gave the explanation that it was purchased from the Jingdong platform, the source is the coastal area of Fujian, but after the police investigation, it was found that the great white shark involved in the video was not sold on the Jingdong platform.
Although the Internet celebrity "Tizi" video is marked with the text "artificial breeding edible", experts explain that at present, the great white shark has not yet achieved artificial breeding, and its range of activities is also very wide, distributed in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, it is difficult to determine which sea it comes from.
How exactly did such a rare great white shark get it?
This issue is still subject to police investigation. However, many people also doubt that many national second-level protected animals appear in the eating video, is there a black industrial chain of illegal hunting, transportation and sale of endangered animals? After all, a large shark nearly 2 meters long transported from the coast of Fujian to Nanchong, Sichuan is not a simple matter, and it must be coordinated by all aspects.
As for this issue, the police are also fully investigating, but no matter what channels are used to catch, transport and sell, as long as it involves illegal acts, it will definitely lead to severe legal sanctions.
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