On December 4, 2018, the defendant Ping L. invited the defendants Guiping C., Shaokun Y. and Yunhong L. (handled separately) to hunt wildlife. At about 20 o'clock on the same day, Ping L. drove the other three to the mountain forest in Chuyang Town, Wushan County, Chongqing City. Driving by Li Ping, Cao Guiping holding a thermal imaging display to search for prey, Luo Yunhong holding a nail gun to shoot prey, Yang Shaokun was responsible for picking up prey and lighting. At 2 o'clock the next day, they captured 7 suspected pheasants, 2 suspected golden pheasants, 4 suspected bamboo chickens, and 2 suspected voles. Guiping C., Ping L. and Shaokun Y. confessed to having illegally hunted threatened and endangered wildlife species. Guiping C., Ping L. and Shaokun Y. confessed to having illegally hunted threatened and endangered wildlife species.
The defendants Guiping C., Ping L., etc. charged felony counts of illegally hunting and killing threatened and endangered wildlife (appellate case)
Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Chongqing
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2019
Abstract
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2019) Yu 02, No.558 final instance
Charges
Guiping C., Ping L. and Shaokun Y. were charged with illegally hunting and killing threatened and endangered wildlife species.
Species
Transnational
No
Decision
The court found the defendants Guiping C., Ping L. and Shaokun Y. guilty of illegal hunting of endangered wildlife species according to criminal law Art. 341 I.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Ping L. was sentenced to imprisonment for 8 months, and fined 10,000 yuan. Guiping C. was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 months, and fined 10,000 yuan. Shaokun Y. was sentenced to imprisonment for 7 months, and fined 10,000 yuan. All crime involved items were confiscated.
Court cases cited
Based on the decision of first instance: (2019) Yu 0101, No.898 first instance.
Legislation cited
Criminal Law - Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife