WILDLEX

From 2013 to April 2014, Zhihua C. successively purchased ivory products from others and sold them at the two booths he opened. During this period, Zhihua C. sold 41 ivory products to Bo C. (handled separately).

At 15 o'clock on December 31, 2016, Jianping T. held the G234 ticket for the day to prepare to enter the Nanjing South Railway Station. During the security check, the security inspector found that there were a large number of items similar to jewellery and crafts in the luggage he carried. Jianping T.

At the heart of this matter were the customary rights to marine resources. The appellants were tried at the Magistrate court and later appealed to the High Court in Mthatha. The Hight Court, however, held that their conduct was unlawful because they had not applied for an exemption as contemplated in the MLRA, granting them a permit to fish.

The court held that the appellants were protecting the lives of the cubs and as well as their legal interest in the survical of the cubs as the owners of the very expensive animals.

The appellant was found to have been complicit in the transaction where a fake rhino horn was sold in a police trap for R350 000. He was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. The appellant unsuccessfully appealed to the Free State High Court against his conviction and sentence.