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Sanxiang Metropolis Daily on January 10 (text/video all-media reporter Yu Can, correspondent Yan Feijin, Lu Kanglei) Strong sunlight and bamboo pole knocking, the man used this way to illegally hunt wild birds in the Blue Mountain of Yongzhou, Hunan Province on the "Millennium Bird Road". Recently, the Lanshan County People's Court formed a seven-member collegial panel to openly hear this case of civil public interest litigation involving the crime of illegal hunting, acquisition, transportation and sale of terrestrial wild animals. Chen Qiling, secretary of the party group and president of the Lanshan County Court, served as the presiding judge, and Wang Yong, secretary of the party group and chief procurator of the Lanshan County Procuratorate, appeared in court to support the prosecution.
The man hunts wild birds in the "thousand-year-old bird road".
From September to October 2023, Huang Mousheng took advantage of the migration of migratory birds from the north to cross the Blue Mountain, and went to the Niupo Stone Mountain Farm in Yao Township, Puldong Township, Lanshan County several times, using strong lighting from battery lamps and knocking down bamboo poles to illegally hunt wild birds. After Huang Mousheng illegally hunted birds, he plucked the birds, hid them in the refrigerator actually used by Zhang Mouwu several times, and asked Zhang Mouwu to help him sell them.
Subsequently, Zhang Mouwu sold dozens of catties of wild birds that Huang Mousheng had hidden in the refrigerator, as well as the birds and frogs he had purchased, to others. Until the incident, 49 birds were found in the refrigerator of Zhang Mouwu's house, of which 40 were wild birds illegally hunted by Huang Mousheng.
According to the appraisal of wildlife experts in Hunan Province, these 49 birds are all three wild animals protected by the state, including 39 pond herons, 1 great egret, 3 cattle egrets, 1 magpie, 1 brown-backed shrike, 2 gray-backed thrushes, 1 hill sandpiper and 1 black water pheasant, worth 23,300 yuan.
Lanshan County is located in the southern Hunan border, the north side of the middle section of the Nanling Mountains, is the source of the Xiangjiang River, the mother river of Hunan, is located on the "Millennium Bird Road", is one of the "National Migratory Bird Observation Points", more than 100 species of about 3.5 million migratory birds migrate from here every year to the south for wintering or breeding in the north. For personal hobbies, hunting, profit-making and other purposes, criminals turn their attention to the migratory birds, and use various means to hunt and kill birds, and use them for food or trafficking, destroying wildlife resources.
The two were sentenced and required to pay compensation and make a public apology
After trial, the Lanshan County People's Court held that Huang Mousheng violated hunting regulations and wildlife protection and management regulations by hunting terrestrial wild animals with important ecological, scientific, and social value many times in prohibited hunting areas, destroying wildlife resources, and selling them. Where the circumstances are serious, and their conduct constitutes the crime of illegal hunting, while simultaneously carrying out acts of illegally selling terrestrial wildlife for the purpose of eating, it shall be convicted and punished as the crime of illegally hunting terrestrial wildlife. Zhang Mouwu violated laws and regulations on the protection and management of wildlife by illegally purchasing and selling terrestrial wildlife with important ecological, scientific, and social value for the purpose of eating, destroying wildlife resources, and the circumstances were serious, and his conduct constituted the crime of illegally purchasing and selling terrestrial wildlife.
Huang Mousheng illegally hunted and sold the "three haves" wildlife protected by the state, such as pond herons, great egrets, and cattle egrets, Zhang Mouwu illegally purchased and sold the above-mentioned wild birds and other terrestrial wild animals, and others illegally purchased terrestrial wild animals from Zhang Mouwu for consumption, destroying wildlife resources, and at the same time bringing public health and safety hazards, harming the public interest, and shall bear civil liability for compensation in accordance with law.
In the end, the Blue Mountain Court sentenced the defendant Huang Mousheng to one year and six months in prison for the crime of illegally hunting terrestrial wild animals, and sentenced the defendant Zhang Mouwu to one year and one month in prison for the crime of illegally purchasing and selling terrestrial wild animals, and compensated 22,000 yuan and 28,000 yuan respectively for the loss of wildlife resources, and publicly apologized in the news media at or above the county level.
Judge's Statement: Guarding the "Millennium Bird Road" with the Power of the Rule of Law
According to the judge, as an important wildlife resource, wild birds are the precious wealth left by nature to mankind, and the protection of wild birds is not only of great significance to the maintenance of biodiversity, but also an important part of promoting the construction of ecological civilization.
In this case, the two defendants took advantage of the transit of migratory birds to hunt wild birds many times by means of strong lighting and knocking down bamboo poles, so as to obtain illegal income, seriously affecting the normal migration of migratory birds and damaging the ecological environment. It is not only necessary to bear criminal liability for its illegal hunting, hunting, and trafficking, but also to bear the corresponding civil liability for damages and compensation for the loss of wildlife resources.
Wild animals are an important foundation for maintaining the natural ecological balance, and protecting wild animals and maintaining the ecological balance is to protect human beings themselves. The "greed" of illegal hunting and selling of wild meat has not only brought about a crisis of environmental degradation, but also accompanied by prison sentences.
The performance of duties by the "two chiefs" in the same court is a full embodiment of the full implementation of the judicial responsibility system and the strict performance of the responsibilities of the leaders of the court to take the lead in handling cases, and shows the judicial organs' "zero tolerance" for illegal hunting, trafficking of wild birds and other illegal acts, and the firm determination and clear attitude of the judicial organs to protect the "Millennium Bird Road" of the Blue Mountains with the power of the rule of law.