Lu.com, September 14 (Reporter Chen Shanshan, Correspondent Zhai Aiyun, Wang Dong) Recently, three suspects were sentenced according to law by the Boshan police in Zibo City who were suspected of endangering precious and endangered wild animals.
In early April 2021, police officers from the Forest Police Brigade of Boshan Branch of Zibo Public Security Bureau discovered clues about someone raising and selling lizard wild animals online. The police immediately conducted case analysis and investigation. The police seized an American green iguana from a man's home. The American green iguana belongs to Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Wild Animals and belongs to a national second-class protected animal. The suspect in the case, Wang Mouyang, male, 26 years old, from Zichuan District, Zibo City; Li Mou, male, 31 years old, from Jinnan, Tianjin; Li Moujie, male, 28 years old, from Binhai New District, Tianjin, are all young people born in the 1990s. Because of his personal hobby of raising and buying and selling pet American green iguanas, the actions of the three suspects violated the provisions of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, and were all suspected of endangering precious and endangered wild animals. On September 8, after the Boshan District People's Court ruled in accordance with the law, Wang Mouyang was sentenced to six months of detention, nine months of probation, and a fine of RMB 10,000; Li Mou was sentenced to nine months of imprisonment, one year of three months of probation, and a fine of RMB 15,000; Li Moujie was sentenced to six months of imprisonment, one year of probation, and a fine of RMB 10,000.
The police remind the general public to be cautious in raising pets. my country implements classified and classified protection for wild animals. Illegal trading of national first- or second-level protected animals and their products will face criminal penalties. Green iguanas are national second-level protected animals. Unlicensed domestication, breeding, and buying and selling are illegal acts. In addition, lizard-like animals may carry pathogenic bacteria in their mouths, which can easily cause harm to human health.
Source: Luwang
