On February 5, 2021, the "Directory of Wild Animals under National Key Protection" was announced, and among the newly added second-level protected animals, wolves, raccoons, red foxes, ocelots, and hairy-crowned deer were included in them. Previously, the hairy-crowned deer was a "three haves" protected animal. However, in order to satisfy the desire to hunt, on the night of March 9, four men in Shifang City, Sichuan Province, desperately took the risk of making a homemade gun to illegally hunt two hairy-crowned deer, and were found by the night patrol police, and 4 people were arrested.
"This is the first case of endangering wild animals in Deyang after the new list was announced." Yang Jun, captain of the forest police brigade of the Shifang City Public Security Bureau, said that a month before the incident, the hair-crowned deer was only three protected animals, and now it is a second-level protected animal. "After the protection level of the hairy deer is upgraded, the sentencing of the suspect will also be different."
On June 2, according to the police from Shifang City, Gao Mou and four other suspects were examined and prosecuted for hunting 2 hairy-crowned deer and suspected of endangering wild animals.
↑ The suspect was arrested
Civilian police patrol at night
Blood was found on a pickup truck
Late on the night of March 9 this year, the police of the Yinghua Police Station of the Shifang City Public Security Bureau in Sichuan Province carried out patrol work in the jurisdiction as usual, focusing on the illegal sand and gravel mining in the jurisdiction. When the police patrolled to the upper reaches of the Shiting River, they found that there were several flashlights in front of them shaking on the mountain, and when the police turned on the flashlight to check the situation, the other party's flashlight was instantly extinguished, which caused Zhu Yong and his colleagues to suspect.
Zhu Yong, deputy instructor of the Yinghua Police Station of the Shifang City Public Security Bureau, said: "At that time, I found that there were flashing lights in the river, so I attacked the location of the lights in two ways and found a car parked in the river. ”
The police found a man in a pickup truck. In the face of the interrogation of the police, the man answered the question, saying that he was out to "blow the wind". At that time, the sky was raining, and the temperature in the mountains was very low, and it was impossible for ordinary people to appear in this remote place at this time.
Just when the police were preparing to leave, the careful police checked around the car and found that there was blood on a white plastic sheet in the carriage. "At the time we suspected they might be hunting illegally."
The man was cunning and denied his illegal hunting. At this time, a colleague at the police station recognized the driver, Gao Mou, who used to have a hobby of catching birds. Driving a car with blood stains late at night, obviously there is something wrong, and Gao refused to answer the questions of the police, due to the limited vision of the police in the middle of the night, the nearby terrain is uneven and overgrown, and after searching around the area without results, the police had to summon Gao to the police station for further questioning
One suspect was arrested first
The gang went on to hunt wild animals with 3 other people
Under the overnight scrutiny and legal propaganda of the police, in the early morning of March 10, Gao confessed to the crime of using 2 homemade guns to hunt 2 chamois (hairy deer) in the mountainous area with Tian, Luo and Wang.
Zhu Yong said: "That night there was a surprise interrogation, according to Gao's account, they went to 4 people, and the other 3 people hid in the river channel, because it was dark, they were not found." ”
The case involved the hunting of wild animals and firearms, and the police of the Yinghua police station arrested 3 other people overnight, and at the same time reported the case to the main leaders of the Shifang City Public Security Bureau.
After inquiring and learning the information of Tian, Luo and Wang, the police immediately contacted 3 people and asked 3 people to come to the police station to surrender themselves and strive for leniency. On the morning of March 10, three other suspects in the case surrendered to the police station one after another.
After the arrest, the suspect confessed the fact of hunting wild animals: on March 9, several people invited them to drink tea together, during which they felt bored and had the idea of going into the mountains to hunt birds. Several people then drove to one of the homes, got their guns, and went into the mountains to hunt overnight.
On the morning of the 10th, the police returned to the scene with the suspect, and after arriving at the scene, they found two bodies of suspected wild animals, and also found two illegally modified nail guns. Zhu Yong introduced that the suspect admitted to using these two nail guns to illegally hunt wild animals.
4 people involved in endangering national second-level protected animals
The hunted furry deer has just been "upgraded"
Later, after the police investigation, the two modified guns seized were one used by Luo mou and the other was held by Tian Mou. When the police searched Gao's home, they found another modified gun and modified tools from his home.
"I used to see my fathers love guns, and I was curious since I was a child, so I modified it." According to the suspect Gao Mou, he bought parts of the gun online, used some tools at home to modify the nail shooter, and lent it to the criminal suspect Luo Mou for use after the modification.
Luo Tao, a police officer of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Shifang City Public Security Bureau who was in charge of the case, said that two wild animals were illegally hunted that night using a modified nail gun. In addition to the modified nail gun, Gao also admitted the criminal fact of modifying another one.
Introduction of a police officer handling the case. After the identification of the three modified nail guns involved in the case, the three modified nail guns are non-standard guns powered by gunpowder.
After that, the police investigated the scene and sent the animal's carcass to the Wildlife Forensic Identification Center for identification in a timely manner. "The identification results show that this wild animal is a chamois, scientific name is hairy crown deer, which belongs to the national second-level protected animal." Yang Jun, captain of the forest police brigade of the Shifang City Public Security Bureau, introduced.
The Red Star News reporter learned that on February 5 this year, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs officially released the "List of Wild Animals under National Key Protection", and among the newly added second-level protected animals, wolves, raccoons, red foxes, ocelots, and hairy-crowned deer were included in them. Previously, the hairy-crowned deer was a "three haves" protected animal.
"This is the first case of endangering wild animals in Deyang after the new list was announced." Yang Jun introduced that in the month before the incident, the hairy-crowned deer was only three protected animals, and now it is a second-level protected animal. "After the protection level of the hairy deer is upgraded, the sentencing of the suspect will also be different."
According to the Shifang City police, the 4 suspects are involved in endangering wild animals, of which Gao is suspected of the crime of illegally manufacturing firearms, Luo and Tian are suspected of illegally possessing firearms, and Wang has been released on bail pending trial because he did not use firearms in the whole process and did not modify the guns.
Zhang Dunshuang Red Star News reporter Wang Mingping photo video according to Shifang police
Edited by Yu Manga
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