Beijing News Express (reporter Li Yukun) On April 24, the Beijing Municipal Regulations on the Protection and Management of Wild Animals (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") were passed. Compared with the higher-level law" "Wildlife Protection Law", the Beijing version of the wild protection regulations expands the scope of fasting, in addition to terrestrial wild animals, some aquatic wild animals are also included in the list of fasting.
Seventeen species of aquatic wildlife are on the list of fasters
The regulations make it clear that the consumption of terrestrial wild animals and their products, and aquatic wild animals and their products included in the list are prohibited. Not only that, but food made from its raw materials is also forbidden to be eaten. In addition, the regulations stipulate that the hunting and killing of listed wild animals is prohibited, and the hunting and killing of other terrestrial wild animals for the purpose of food is prohibited.
The reporter learned that terrestrial wild animals specifically include terrestrial wild animals under national key protection, terrestrial wild animals under key protection in Beijing, terrestrial wild animals under "three haves" (with important ecological, scientific and social values) and other terrestrial wild animals, and aquatic wild animals including aquatic wild animals under national key protection and aquatic wild animals under municipal key protection (the "three haves" list only contains terrestrial wild animals and does not include aquatic wild animals).
Compared with the latest decision of the National People's Congress, the Beijing version of the wild protection regulations strengthens the protection of the city's key aquatic wildlife.
According to the survey, there are about 500 species of vertebrate wild animals in Beijing, including 52 species of wild animals under national key protection, including brown horse chicken, black stork, impala, etc., and a total of 239 species of wild animals under key protection in Beijing, including 48 species of first-class terrestrial wild protected animals, 174 species of second-class terrestrial wild protected animals, and 17 species of second-class aquatic wild protected animals.
The 17 species of aquatic wild animals listed in the city's key protection include oriental loach, yellow-lined loach, pointed plateau loach, scaly white turtle, bream, chinese bream, blackfin carp, Pan's loach, red-eyed trout, Walsh's yaro, fish age, horsefish, broad-finned carp, Chinese carp, fine-scaled salmon, Chinese spinach, etc., which are currently relatively rare in Beijing waters.
Purchase, transportation, processing, and storage for the purpose of consumption are prohibited
In addition to prohibiting consumption, the regulations also prohibit the production, management, transportation, and delivery of listed wild animals and their products and other terrestrial wild animals and their products for the purpose of consumption, as well as food made from the raw materials of the aforementioned wild animals and their products.
Zou Weiping, vice chairman of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, said that there are opinions that catering service providers, as an important part of the consumption of wild animals and their products, need to be effectively supervised. In the end, the regulations passed by the vote added the clause that "restaurants, restaurants, restaurants, homestays, clubs, canteens and other catering service providers shall not buy, store, process, sell or provide processing services for prohibited wild animals and their products". At the same time, in the legal responsibility, it is clear that "if a catering service provider operates illegally, it shall be given a heavier punishment".
The regulations stipulate in the penalty provisions that who eat wild animals under key national protection shall be fined not less than five times but not more than twenty times; who eat other wild animals under key protection or other terrestrial wild animals, a fine of not less than two times but not more than ten times shall be imposed. Whoever provides trading services for the illegal sale and purchase of terrestrial wild animals and their products, or aquatic wild animals and their products on the list, or provides trading services for the illegal sale of food made from terrestrial wild animals and their products, or aquatic wild animals and their products on the list, shall confiscate the illegal gains and shall be fined not less than two times but not more than five times the illegal gains; if there are no illegal gains, a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan shall be imposed.
Can wild animals still be eaten? Some are allowed to be consumed in accordance with the law
The reporter learned from the relevant departments that while illegal consumption is completely prohibited, some wild animals are allowed to be eaten according to law.
Among them, the exception to the fasting of terrestrial wild animals is consistent with the "Decision" of the National People's Congress, that is, wild animals included in the "Inventory of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources" are implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Animal Husbandry Law, that is, managed according to livestock and poultry.
Recently, the National Inventory of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources (Draft for Solicitation of Comments) began to solicit public comments. The Catalogue covers 18 species of traditional livestock and poultry and 13 species of special livestock and poultry. Among them, there are 18 kinds of traditional livestock and poultry, including pigs, ordinary cattle, goats, horses, donkeys, camels, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, quails, etc. There are 13 kinds of special livestock and poultry, including sika deer, alpacas, guinea fowl, pheasant, partridge and so on.
The permitted edible scope of aquatic wild animals involves four lists, namely: aquatic wild animals listed in the "Directory of Aquatic Wild Animals under National Key Protection for Artificial Breeding", "Directory of Economic Aquatic Animal and Plant Resources under National Key Protection (First Batch)", and "Directory of New Aquatic Species" are implemented in accordance with the "Wildlife Protection Law", "Fisheries Law" and other relevant laws and regulations, and are fishery resources that can be eaten according to law. Aquatic animal species listed in the Appendix to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora approved as the List of Wild Animals under Key National Protection, and those that meet specific conditions (such as artificially bred populations are not regarded as wild animals), may be eaten in accordance with law.
Beijing News reporter Li Yukun
Edited by Zhang Chang, Proofread by Wu Xingfa