In April 2021, the Daxing police in Beijing, based on clues reported by the masses, detected an illegal acquisition of rare and endangered wild animals, and seized 2 red-tailed boa and 1 ball python on the spot.

According to Zhao Moumou's account, it was purchased by Wu Mou from the online post bar. Purchasing wild animals is purely a personal hobby, and the purpose of raising them is to keep them as pets.

　　According to clues, the police followed the vine and arrested the suspect Wu in a community in Tongzhou District. On the spot, they seized 10 red-tailed boa, 10 ball pythons, 1 Burmese python, and 1 carpet python.

After interrogation, Wu confessed that for profit, he had purchased four red-tailed boa, ten ball pythons, one Burmese python, and one carpet python, and raised and bred 16 red-tailed boa by himself, ten of which had been sold through WeChat. To others.

　　After appraisal by professional institutions, the four types of wild animals involved in this case, red-tailed boa, ball python, Burmese python, and carpet python, are all included in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and approved as national secondary protected animals .

At present, the suspect Zhao has been detained by the police for the crime of illegally purchasing rare and endangered wild animals, and the suspect Wu has been detained by the police in accordance with the law for the crime of endangering rare and endangered wild animals. The case is being further processed.

　　The police reminded: Rare and endangered wild animals are the country's precious natural resources and an indispensable part of the ecological environment. The state will never tolerate any behavior that harms precious and endangered wild animals.

Don't violate the law because of appetite, pet keeping, profit from reselling, and artwork processing. Everyone is responsible for protecting precious and endangered wild animals.

　　(Zhang Nan Luo Yupeng produced Lv Huiqian video source from Beijing Daxing Public Security)

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]