WILDLEX

In November 2010, Xianjin G. purchased a black bear under second class state protection from Lu and Hu at a price of 4,400 yuan. Later, Xianjin G. sold the black bear to Li and Song. On January 22, 2013, Xianjin G. purchased a wild goat from Pan at a price of 800 yuan. The wild goat was found and seized from Xianjin G.'s house.

On October 4, 2017, Jun L. returned from Kenya by KQ886 flight and entered through the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport port. He concealed the disguised four small pieces of rhino horn slices in the black wooden head, and placed it in the suitcase for consignment. From October 8 to October 16, 2017, Jun L. contacted Hongsen W.

The accused pleaded guilty and were convicted for unlawfully hunting 2 rhino’s and being in possession of rhino horns. The court below considered the seriousness of the crime and the number of rhino’s killed per year and the impact that poaching has on the economy and imposed a sentence of 6 years imprisonment and a N$60 000.00 fine.

The appellant was caught dealing illegally in ivory and charged with contravening section 2(1)(a) of the AG Proclamation 42 of 1980 – the controlled Games Products Proclamation. As a result, he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and 18 months of the sentence was suspended.

The accused were charged with the unlawful exportation of controlled wildlife products:14 rhino horns on the first count and a leopard skin on the second count, as well as money laundering on count 3.

Accused persons were found guilty of unlawful possession of 2 horns in contravention of the Game Act. The Act prescribes that a person found guilty of the offence must either replace the game or compensate the full value of the property to the owner or government in cases where the owner cannot be established.

From the beginning of December to December 31, 2010, Hejun M. (sentenced), a resident of Heihe City, purchased bear paws in a Russian city, and thanks to Голиков Антон Вадимович he used the ship Snow Leopard to enter and exit the Sino-Russian border port to transport bear paws to Heihe port. Hongjie G.

In March 2017, Lianji W. purchased 6 rhinoceros horns through diplomatic personnel of a certain country. Lianji W. sold rhino horns to different people. On May 11, 2018, Lianji W. asked his brother, Jide W., to go to Mozambique to purchase 6 rhino horns and hand them over to Li for smuggling into the country. On May 25, 2018, Jide W.

In October 2016, the defendants Zuofeng Y., Zuoyue Y., Xianghai Y. drove to a place named “Shenxian River” at the boundary beam forest farm in Langao County, Shaanxi Province to lay a wire harness to hunt wildlife. Later, the three defendants went up the mountain and found that a black bear had been caught by wire sleeve and was dead.

In order to obtain illegal income, Weitai W. carried 15 tiger teeth, 4 tiger paws, 4 leopard teeth and 4 pieces of rhino horns on June 25, 2015, led by Yuejing P. illegally entering by boat from Vietnam's old street Zhongyuehe River to China's Hekou County "Yitiaoban" (place name), want to sell above products to others.