Modern Express News (reporter Gundam) As a nationally protected animal, the red-tailed crab is strictly prohibited from being illegally trafficked, but driven by interests, there are still people who are desperate to take risks. Recently, suzhou Wuzhong police seized a man suspected of illegally selling rare and endangered wild animals, and seized 31 red-tailed grasshoppers of various ages in his home.
On June 2, the police of the Luzhi Police Station, together with the security brigade of the Wuzhong Branch, found that a man in the jurisdiction, Feng Mou (pseudonym), was suspected of illegally buying and selling protected animals according to the case investigation of the Forest Police Detachment of the Chengdu Municipal Public Security Bureau, so he immediately took Feng back to the office for investigation. Later, the police seized a total of 32 snakes in the company's utility room and the balcony of its residence, namely: 2 adult red-tailed grasshoppers, 3 red-tailed grasshopper sub-adults, 1 red-tailed grasshopper seedling, 21 newborn red-tailed grasshoppers, 4 swimming snakes, and 1 large white-and-yellow snake.
After interrogation, Feng confessed that he had a French bulldog in the summer of 2017, and then Feng sent an advertisement for selling dogs on the Internet, and it didn't take long for someone to consult the price, Feng mou asked for 10,000 yuan by the other party to return to 7,000 yuan, Feng felt that the other party was not sincere to buy, and wanted to calculate. Who knew that the other party actually took out the photos of three small snakes and asked Feng if they could be interchangeable. Because Feng was interested in white snakes since childhood, there happened to be a white snake among the three snakes, so Feng agreed.
△ Red-tailed grasshopper farmed by the suspect
After more than a year of breeding, the three snakes slowly grew up, and Feng found that two of them were red-tailed grasshoppers through inquiries, and the other white snake could not find out what breed it was, and then it has been kept on the balcony of the family. Since the two red-tailed crabs were one male and one female, a total of 38 juvenile snakes were produced in three subsequent times. During the period, Feng met the relevant personnel through WeChat, and sold a total of 7 red-tailed grasshoppers before and after, and the receipt and delivery was through express delivery.
The police also found that in the summer of 2019, Feng also sold a lizard to a buyer he knew on WeChat for more than 1,000 yuan. Later, after judicial identification, this lizard is a black-spotted double-collared lizard of the American lizard family of lizards (commonly known as the black and white Taiga lizard), which is listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
The Modern Express reporter learned that at present, Feng Mou confessed to the crime and was released on guarantee pending further investigation by the police for suspected illegal sale of rare and endangered wild animals.