If you think it's just a "mediocre" turtle, you're dead wrong!
This morning, the Hangzhou Xiacheng Court held a trial and pronounced a verdict on the case of illegal purchase of endangered wild animals, and the defendant Wang Mou was sentenced for buying this turtle.
Born in 1984, Wang Mou, who worked in futures after graduating with a master's degree, because she was usually busy at work, raising turtles became a way for her to relieve stress and relax.
In September 2019, Wang mou saw that Zhou Mou posted two turtle photos in the circle of friends and thought it was very beautiful, so he asked Zhou where he bought the turtle. Subsequently, Zhou pushed the Seller's WeChat business card (handled in a separate case) over.
After adding friends, Wang Mou quickly caught a turtle with red spots on his legs by browsing the "advertisement" in the other party's circle of friends, and the shell was marked with "21" as the code.
"What kind of breed is this?"
"This is called red legs, and it's very good to raise."
Wang then transferred more than 1100 yuan to the other party and bought this "red leg". After the transaction, the seller sent WeChat several times, asking Wang to delete all the chat records and transfer records between the two parties.
Friend Zhou told her that because some of the turtles sold by the other party were illegal, they were more careful.
As a turtle lover, Wang Mou has raised many varieties, and she said in her chat records with friends: "I have raised an ink turtle, three spotted pond turtles, a diamond pattern, a yellow rim, and a tortoise." In addition to being more familiar with the habits and breeding methods of turtles, Wang mou is also very clear that he cannot buy tortoises without relevant breeding licenses.
In December of the same year, after receiving relevant clues, the police arrested Wang at his residence. After identification, the red-legged tortoise was listed in Appendix II of the Cites Convention (i.e., the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), which is an endangered wild animal and has been accepted by the Zhejiang Provincial Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Management Center after the incident.
After trial, the Xiacheng court sentenced Wang to six months' imprisonment, suspended for one year, and fined him 5,000 yuan for the crime of illegally purchasing endangered wild animals.
Red-legged tortoise, belonging to the tortoise family, earth tortoise genus, is a small tortoise produced in Brazil, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and other South American countries, because the limbs are red, so named red-legged tortoise. The red-legged tortoise is one of the Eight Continents and is one of the few that is extremely intelligent and interactive, and can grow up in a very short period of time.
The popularity of the Internet has made it a "trendy" choice for many people to have a personalized pet. However, some specific animals cannot be raised on wishful thinking alone. The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wild Animals clearly stipulates that where wild animals under national key protection are artificially bred, they shall obtain an artificial breeding permit upon approval by the competent departments for wildlife protection of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The first paragraph of article 341 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that whoever illegally hunts or kills rare or endangered wild animals under key national protection, or illegally acquires, transports or sells rare 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 also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and shall also be fined or have his property confiscated.
Defendant Wang Mou was originally an enviable financial elite, but he was held criminally responsible for illegally purchasing endangered wild animals, and his experience was lamentable and also sounded the alarm bell for us. In February this year, the 16th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress deliberated and adopted the Decision on Completely Banning illegal wildlife trade, eliminating the bad habit of indiscriminately eating wild animals, and effectively protecting the people's life, health and safety, which clearly stipulates that the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws prohibit the hunting, trading, transportation and consumption of wild animals, which must be strictly prohibited. For pet lovers, before buying and raising pets, we must first do our homework, recognize whether the pets you want to buy belong to the prohibited breeding, and consciously resist the purchase, consumption, and raising of precious and endangered wild animals. In addition, during the purchase process, if it is found that someone is peddling rare and endangered animals, they should immediately call the police.
Correspondent | Xia Fa