Poison dart frogs are one of the most toxic species in the world and are forbidden to be kept and resold in our country. Recently, the Xinghua Police Station of the Changyi District Public Security Branch of Jilin City cracked a case of illegal breeding and reselling poison dart frogs.
A few days ago, the Xinghua Police Station of the Changyi District Public Security Branch of Jilin City received an anonymous report from the masses that some people illegally raised and sold poison dart frogs.
Jilin Changyi Public Security Branch Xinghua Police Station Police Kang Chuandong:
On the morning of January 27, we went to his house to conduct a search and a brief understanding of the suspect, and after this morning search, we found three Israeli golden scorpions in the house, but we did not find a species called poison dart frog.
Subsequently, we summoned the suspect to the public security organ for an interrogation, and after interrogation, we knew whether the poison dart frog in his family was still kept at home. Then we returned to his house in the afternoon to conduct a search and found three poison dart frogs in the corner of the house.
According to the relevant personnel of the public security organs, this criminal suspect belongs to the middleman, through the introduction of buyers to buy poison dart frogs illegal profits, the criminal suspect has violated the provisions of Article 341 of the Criminal Law of our country, illegally purchasing and selling rare and endangered wild animals under national key protection, the criminal suspect has been taken criminal compulsory measures. Three poison dart frogs and the Israeli golden scorpion have been sent to the relevant departments for foster care.
Wu Jianfeng, deputy secretary general of Jilin Wildlife Conservation Association:
When we arrived at the scene, we confirmed that it was a poison dart frog, which was a camouflage poison dart frog, and there were three of them, two of which were males and one was female. Camouflage poison dart frog is a tailless species of the genus Poison Dart frog in the family Poison Dart Frog family, which is a small frog with a highly toxic back.
We fined three more Israeli golden scorpions, also known as the Israeli killer scorpion, which can kill an adult, so it is very dangerous for us to keep them at home, so we will take all six wild animals back.
Here, we should also remind the general public that illegally buying, selling, transporting, and killing national first- and second-level wild protected animals and internationally related wild protected animals are all illegal and criminal acts.