<h1 style="text-align: left;"> spent 2800 online shopping for two turtles, sentenced to half a year! </h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;"> wronged? </h1>
See you soon! Buying animals online is in danger of being sentenced!
Recently, Mr. Guo of Wuhan bought two turtles online, but unexpectedly was sentenced to 5 months of detention and 6 months of probation.
How can online shopping for turtles be so risky?
It turned out that Mr. Guo did not buy an ordinary turtle, but a national endangered and protected animal, the yellow-edged box turtle.
According to Mr. Guo, he usually likes to raise turtles, and when he saw that some people in the circle of friends were selling, he spent 2800 to buy two. Tasting these words in detail, there is a bit of a sense of "the ignorant are not guilty". However, according to the relevant laws, there is no requirement to criminalize the purchase of animals knowingly.
In addition, some netizens directly pointed out that turtle lovers like Mr. Guo, who spend more than 2800 to buy two turtles, will definitely do their homework in advance, and the probability of not knowing the turtle species is extremely small.
In summary, individuals who privately breed endangered and protected animals in the country have obviously violated the law, and Mr. Guo's sentence is not unjust.
The person who bought it was sentenced, but what about the person who sold it?
According to the screenshots of the transaction exposed by the media, the object of Mr. Guo's transfer is "Ghost Shu customer service". And there are insiders to pull out, this company focuses on turtle exhibition, sales, transportation and other businesses. The company most likely has a "domestication and breeding license" and a "aquatic wildlife license", so it has the dual rights to sell and breed.
In this way, the seller is likely to tell the buyer that he is selling with a license, and the company's behavior is legal and compliant, but the buyer will be judged guilty because he has no relevant breeding qualifications and is a personal behavior.
Of course, the above is only speculation, more specific wildlife breeding related regulations, please consult professionals.
It is worth noting that today's e-commerce platforms also have a variety of pets for sale, turtles, cats and dogs, hamsters, parrots, rabbits, ducks, and fish. The price is also mostly not expensive, less than 10 yuan can buy a pet with free shipping. Stores that do well have sold thousands of dollars.
Online animal trading, convenient, cheaper and wider channels, meets the needs of many animal lovers. But here is also to remind everyone that online shopping pets have risks, especially rare breeds, you need to consult the information, cautious purchase, in order to prevent being fooled by the seller!
<h1 style="text-align: left;" > buying these things online is "illegal."</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;"> sentenced to a large number of people, be careful!" </h1>
Buying something is also illegal!
Many people find it incredible, but there are many similar cases. Like Mr. Guo, who was sentenced to buy a turtle for half a year, it was already light, and some buyers were even sentenced to three or four years for an online purchase.
So, let's take everyone to a look, in the end what things online shopping has the risk of breaking the law?
The first category, antique collectibles.
In April 2019, the Shandong People's Procuratorate announced a case. Mr. Zhang, a collector, added his boss's WeChat through an art collection online store and bought a carved piece of ivory art from a pine bamboo plum group for 18,000 yuan.
Five months later, Mr. Zhang was detained on charges of illegally purchasing endangered wildlife products, sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years, fined 10,000 yuan, and ivory products were handed over to the state.
It turned out that the ivory products bought by Mr. Zhang were made from Asian elephants, an animal protected by the state, so it constituted a crime.
The second category, imitation guns and gun accessories.
In November 2020, Shanxi's "Lvliang First People's Livelihood" released the news that when the police patrolled the express delivery outlets, they found that the goods returned by a returned man turned out to be a simulated gun. Subsequently, the man was summoned, the replica gun was handed in, and he was punished by law and order. After investigation, the man purchased a simulated gun and 5 rounds of integrated bullet mold on the online shopping platform.
It should be noted that the imitation gun is not a toy gun for children, but a toy for adults. Because of its appearance like a real gun, the imitation gun is deeply liked by military enthusiasts, and it was once an Internet celebrity product.
Nowadays, the e-commerce platform does not directly sell "imitation guns", but replaces them with "toy guns" and has special joint codes. In order to avoid courier inspection, parts are also mailed. Hereby remind everyone that the purchase of imitation guns is illegal and will be punished accordingly.
Third, the state protects the products surrounding animals and plants.
In December 2020, "Meizhou Windows" released the content that a man in Meicheng purchased 5 kilograms of suōluó products online in 2018, 30 yuan per kilogram, spending a total of 15 yuan. In July 2020, police seized alder products at the man's home. According to the relevant regulations, quercus is a national key protected wild plant, an endangered wild plant, and a national second-level protected plant.
The above three cases are typical online shopping violations. In addition to these directly constituting illegality, there are also some online shopping non-compliant products, which indirectly lead to illegality, such as: leave slips, license plates, medical records, etc.
Generally speaking, the illegal categories of online shopping are mainly divided into three categories, one is the purchase of protected animals and plants specified by the state, as well as peripheral products; the other is the control equipment with lethality, such as imitation guns, crossbows, etc.; and the third is the false proof of non-compliant use.
Online shopping is not a place outside the law, and it is not absolutely safe, do not hold a fluke hunting mentality, and test on the edge of the law!
<h1>Online sales of prohibited items, e-commerce platforms still need to strengthen supervision! </h1>
Only you can't think of it, and you can't buy it without it.
When we lament the almighty Taobao, we must also be wary of various online shopping routines. The reason why these online shopping illegal cases have been repeatedly prohibited is mainly due to the following three reasons.
The first reason is that buyers and sellers have weak legal awareness.
Some sellers do break the law in order to make money. However, there are also some sellers and buyers who do not know that buying and selling things is explicitly prohibited by the state. Therefore, I would also like to remind everyone that for some uncommon animal and plant products, when buying and selling, it is best to consult the relevant information in advance and do enough homework.
The second reason is that the merchant routine is secret.
While online transactions facilitate regular shopping, they also give illegal sellers a lot of room to operate. Whether it is an e-commerce platform or a short video platform that has emerged in the past year or two, it is intended to attract customers through the platform, and then switch to personal social accounts to conduct illegal transactions.
The third reason is that the supervision of e-commerce platforms is not enough.
Many online stores are only for drainage, not direct sales, so e-commerce platforms are difficult to supervise. But at the same time, the e-commerce platform does have regulatory deficiencies in the sale of wild animals and plants.
It was not until March 2020, when the outbreak broke out on a large scale and news of the new coronavirus brought by wild pangolins was so loud that Taobao urgently removed a batch of pangolin-related products that claimed to have added pangolin scales. In the same year, Taobao began to ban the sale of fine-grained bird nets and illegal electric fishing equipment.
Nowadays, searching for "bird catching net" on the e-commerce platform, there is a "green net plan" to protect wild animals and plants.
Overall, the online sale of prohibited items is increasingly regulated. But in the end, there are still people who take risks for the sake of profit. And more people, as ordinary consumers, must remember the classic saying, "No business, no harm."
In essence, whether it is wildlife or regulated equipment, it will bring harm to society. What ordinary consumers have to do is to keep more heart, and one less harm to society, nature and themselves!
Author: Old Electric