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"I really didn't know that catching a few thrushes would violate the criminal law, I just wanted to catch them and keep them for fun...
Today marks the tenth World Wildlife Day. At present, illegal and criminal cases of destroying wildlife resources are still in a high and frequent trend, among which the cases of catching thrushes for breeding purposes are particularly frequent.
Trap thrushes, penalty!
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From September to December 2022, the criminal suspect Liu Moumou (pseudonym), together with Tai Moujia (pseudonym), Tai Mouyi (pseudonym) and others, set up bird traps in the Xiaoyangwu Mountain Forest on Yangxi Street in this city, and used mobile phones to play thrush calls to trap 13 thrushes, resulting in the death of 1 thrush due to improper breeding. The act of Liu Moumou and others in catching thrush birds has constituted the crime of endangering precious and endangered wild animals, and they should be investigated for criminal responsibility.
At present, the Jiande Municipal People's Procuratorate is actively urging the perpetrator to pay the national resource loss fee of RMB 5,000, and further examines and handles the case.
17 cases involving 33 persons have been handled
Since February 2021, the thrush has been listed in the new edition of the List of Wild Animals under National Key Protection and is classified as a national second-class protected wild animal. The Jiande Municipal People's Procuratorate has handled 17 cases of endangering precious and endangered wild animals, involving 33 people, with a total of 69 thrushes. For the act of catching thrushes, not only should the perpetrator be investigated for criminal responsibility for the crime of endangering precious and endangered wild animals, but also should bear civil compensation for damage to the loss of national resources. At the same time, cases that are handled relatively without prosecution should be transferred to the relevant administrative functional departments for handling in accordance with law in accordance with the linkage mechanism between execution and execution.
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Thrush is famous for its crisp and melodious call, known as the "king of storks", in recent years folk capture and breeding ornamentation, resulting in a sharp decline in the population, national interests and social public interests have been seriously damaged. Procuratorial organs exert efforts in the judicial link to maintain biodiversity and ecological balance, and provide strong procuratorial safeguards for promoting the construction of ecological civilization.
Prosecutor said
Crimes of endangering precious or endangered wild animals: The first paragraph of Article 341 of the Criminal Law stipulates that anyone who illegally hunts or kills precious or endangered wild animals under key national protection, or illegally purchases, transports, or sells precious or endangered wild animals under key national protection and their products, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall be fined; where the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined; where the circumstances are particularly serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, and shall also be fined or have their property confiscated.
Don't take risks out of greed or gratification
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If you break the law, you will be severely punished
Contribution: Fifth Public Prosecution Department
Responsible editor: Zhu Hao