WILDLEX

Since 2011, Fenxiang W. had been operating No.115 "Gulinxuan" and No. 105 "Wangudian" in Nangong Antique City in Yingze District, Taiyuan City. From May 2013 to June 2014, Fenxiang W.

Aiming G. operated the acquisition business in Shilou County, Shanxi Province without the business license, and illegally purchased 1 yellow-throated marten and other species with a total of 1,650 wild animals. Aiming G. would ship them to Xuzhou for profit.

In March 2019, Zhaopan H. phoned Ganmaqilin to discuss the purchase of bear paw and bear gall and transferred RMB 50,000 to Ganmaqilin through bank transfer. On March 24, 2019, Ganmaqilin and Zhaopan H. completed the transaction of 31 bear paws, 1 bear gall, and 3 yak galls in Qujing City, Yunnan Province. Later, Zhaopan H.

This is an appeal by the appellant against his conviction and sentence by the Regional Court magistrate, Upington, on charges of contravention of sections 44(1)(b)(i) and 46 of the Nature and Environmental Conservation Ordinance 19 of 1974.

The court held that in this matter, it was common cause that a South African Court had jurisdiction to decide ownership of the Sable based on the cession agreement. The court found that the cession agreement had been signed by the attorney, acting under the authority of the first respondent.

The appellant was found guilty in the Upington Magistrate’s Court, and appealed his conviction and sentence to the Northern Cape High Court where the conviction and sentence on the first count was set aside, and the conviction on the second count confirmed but the sentence was amended.