WILDLEX

On July 18, 2014, Shidong Y. stored three boxes of ivory and ivory products in Cai's place. The next day, Shiliang Y. knew that the goods were ivory and ivory products, and still rented a small car driven by Pan to transport the goods from Ningde City, Fujian Province to Shanghai, and Shiliang Y. accompanied him.

Yanxu D. opened Jumingyuan Jewellery Store at the International Jewellery Trading Center in Yaotou Road, Lixia District, Jinan City in 2014. During the operation of the jewellery store, Yanxu D.

At noon on March 1, 2014, Shijiang S. drove his black Mercedes-Benz sedan to transport an ivory returning to Langfang City, Hebei Province. He was seized while passing through the Lujijie Rongwu Expressway Public Security Checkpoint of Binzhou Public Security Bureau.

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.