An 80-year-old old man caught a bird and caught the law. The prosecutor's office brought a case to the countryside to spread the law

　　Bring the case to the countryside to accurately popularize the law

　　News from this newspaper (correspondent Yu Bingwan Cui Hailing) "I hope everyone will take me as a warning and never catch wild animals." Recently, the Dianbai District Procuratorate of Maoming City, Guangdong Province held a non-prosecution case in a village committee in Lintou Town. At the announcement meeting, Cai, the non-prosecuted person, showed up and said that he sincerely repented.

　　Cai, who is nearly eighty years old, is in good health.

In July 2020, Cai saw that there were more birds on the nearby hills, so he bought two fine nets for catching birds and arranged them on the nearby hills, and successfully netted 5 birds.

When Cai took the "trophies" to a nearby market to sell, law enforcement officers approached Cai.

Facing the cross-examination of law enforcement officers, Cai started to be puzzled.

It turned out that the five birds captured by Cai belonged to the national "Three Haves" protected wild animals and could not be illegally caught and sold.

Subsequently, Cai was taken away by law enforcement officers for further investigation.

　　On February 24 this year, the case was transferred to the White District Procuratorate for review and prosecution.

The undertaking prosecutor, after reviewing according to law, believed that Cai's act of catching birds with a net was suspected of illegal hunting.

However, Cai's crime was minor, did not cause serious harm, and he was old and had a good attitude toward pleading guilty, so he planned to make a relative decision not to prosecute Cai.

　　Considering that rural villagers have very little knowledge about illegal hunting related laws and regulations, and illegal hunting of wild animals in rural areas frequently occurs, the prosecutor in charge decided to hold a public announcement meeting on non-prosecution cases to guide the masses to learn more about wild animals. Legal knowledge about animal protection.

　　Recently, the prosecutor came to the village committee where Cai was located and held a public announcement meeting on the decision not to prosecute the illegal hunting case of Cai, and invited village committee officials and representatives of nearby villagers to participate.

The prosecutor publicly read the non-prosecution decision and explained the reasons for non-prosecution, the application of the law and related policies. It also focused on the cases handled and common illegal hunting behaviors in rural areas, and explained in detail to the masses the protection of wild animals. Laws and regulations, as well as relevant knowledge of the ecological environment protection in the jurisdiction.

The participants expressed that they have learned a lot of knowledge through public announcements, and hope that relevant departments will strengthen legal propaganda and strengthen the legal awareness of the villagers.