WILDLEX

It was alleged that the accused person on 10 March 2015 Chanumba Village within Chamwino District was found in possession of wildebeest tail and lizard skin. The accused was found guilty.

It was alleged that the accused persons on 15/2/2009 at Leken area, Selela village, Monduli District in Arusha region were found in unlawful possession of fresh wildebeest meat. The accused denied the charges. The accused persons were found guilty and were therefore convicted.

Without the approval of the forestry department, Xu Hanzhou purchased wild animals from the towns and villages in the surrounding counties and districts and raised them at his residence in No. 21, Dazhong Alley, Babu District, Hezhou City. He then took the purchased wild animals to Hezhou City for profit. At 7 a.m.

On the material date, at 22.00 hrs at Tingirima village within Bunda District in Mara Region, the accused was found in the possession of skins of dik-dik, two pieces of dried meat of the wildebeest and a piece of elephant tusk, after an emergence search in his house, a house owned by his mother and elder brother while he was sleeping.

The appellants in the court below were found to be in possession of game animal, alternatively government trophy, namely wildebeest skin, without being licenced or authorised to possess same.

On January 23, 2015, Zejun Z. invited Xinlie C. to come to Bijie, Guizhou to catch eagles. The next day, the two hunted and captured one eagle each while passing the road from Puyi Town to Dafang County. On the evening of the same day, Zejun Z. and Xinlie C. met with fellow villagers Jinliang L., Yihua W., Nenghai F. and Heliu G.

From May to June 2017, Yubin Z., Guangyan D., carried illegally modified guns and ammunition, shot and killed a buzzard near the dam. In September 2017, Yubin Z. poisoned an oriental white stork with a panacea in his fish pond. In the autumn of 2017, Hongyan D. used a sticky net to hunt 5 kestrels. In October 2017, Yubin Z.