China News Service, December 24. According to the Supreme People’s Court WeChat official account, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Justice recently issued the "Guiding Opinions on Punishing Illegal Wildlife Trade Crimes in Law" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"). ), effective from the date of issuance.

The "Opinions" propose that the illegal hunting and killing of wild animals shall be severely cracked down in accordance with the law, and illegal wildlife trade shall be prevented and controlled from the source; the criminal act of illegally purchasing wild animals for food or other purposes shall be severely cracked down in accordance with the law, and the excessive eating of wild animals shall be resolutely eliminated. Bad habits of animals.

Data map: Smuggled wild thrushes seized by the police at the frontier prosecutors at the mouth of Yunnan.

Photo courtesy of Hekou Border Inspection Station

　　The "Opinions" put forward that the illegal hunting and killing of wild animals should be severely cracked down in accordance with the law, and illegal wildlife trade should be prevented from the source.

　　Illegal hunting and killing of rare and endangered wild animals under national key protection meets the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 341 of the Criminal Law and shall be convicted and punished as the crime of illegal hunting and killing of rare and endangered wild animals.

Violation of hunting laws and regulations, hunting in prohibited areas, hunting seasons, or using prohibited tools or methods, destroying wildlife resources, and the circumstances are serious, and the circumstances are serious, and those who comply with the second paragraph of Article 341 of the Criminal Law shall be convicted of illegal hunting Punishment.

Violation of the laws and regulations on the protection of aquatic resources, fishing aquatic products in prohibited fishing areas, closed fishing seasons, or using prohibited tools or methods, and the circumstances are serious, in compliance with the provisions of Article 340 of the Criminal Law, shall be convicted and punished for the crime of illegal fishing of aquatic products.

　　The "Opinions" require that criminal acts of illegal purchase, transportation, sale, import and export of wild animals and their products shall be severely cracked down in accordance with the law, and the interest chain of illegal wildlife trade shall be cut off.

　　Illegal purchase, transportation, and sale of rare and endangered wild animals and their products under national key protection, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 341 of the Criminal Law, illegally purchase, transport, and sell rare and endangered wild animals, precious and endangered Conviction and punishment for the crime of wild animal products.

Smuggling of precious animals and their products prohibited by the state from importing and exporting and complying with the second paragraph of Article 151 of the Criminal Law shall be convicted and punished for the crime of smuggling precious animals and precious animal products.

　　The "Opinions" emphasized that criminal acts of illegally purchasing wild animals for food or other purposes shall be severely cracked down in accordance with the law, and the bad habits of overeating wild animals shall be resolutely eliminated.

Knowing or ought to know that rare and endangered wild animals and their products under national key protection, illegally purchased for food or other purposes, and in compliance with the provisions of Article 341 of the Criminal Law, illegally purchased rare and endangered wild animals , Conviction and punishment for the crime of precious and endangered wild animal products.