In August 2017, the defendant Zhu knew that the wild birds illegally hunted by others, and he still purchased 15,642 wild birds, including yellow-browed buntings, yellow-breasted buntings, common rosefinches, chestnut buntings. Later he raised the purchased wild birds in his rent house to sell for profit. After identification, the wild birds purchased by Xiao were all listed in List of terrestrial wildlife protected by the state or beneficial to economic and scientific research. Zhu confessed to having covered up or concealed crime-related income .