Database of Wildlife Related Law
During November 2015, Liu Guangyou hunted two suspected golden-bellied pheasants in the grounds of Huidong County in the following hunting methods. After identification, the two prey are indeed golden-bellied golden pheasants, belonging to the national second-level key protected animals.
From April 2018 to April 2019, the defendant Hongming S. went to the mountain on the east side of the big slope behind the back of Luxi County four times, using a buckle (rope) to set traps and a small record player (recorder) to lure pheasants. In this way, four pheasants were illegally hunted by him.
The defendant Wanguo L. together with Luo (handled separately) and Zhao (at fugitive) used electric hunting traps bought online without a hunting license on June 26, 2018 in Ningnan County and four wild boars and a fox were caught, with same method they killed two wild boars in the same place on June 28, 2018.
The accused were charged with contravening Regulation 5 (1) of the Fauna Conservation (Batawana Tribal Territory) (Hunting) Regulations, 1967, contained in Statutory Instrument No. 65 of 1967. They killed two buffalo without being in possession of a permit allowing them to do so.
This was an appeal against the decision of the Chief Magistrate that convicted and sentenced the appellants of a series of offences arising out of killing wild animals. The appellants also sought to vary the forfeiture order against the rifles and vehicle that were found to have been used in the commission of the offences.
Accused was convicted of unlawfully hunting without a licence contrary to section 15 (1) of Cap. 38:01 Fauna Conservation. His defence was that he was under the impression that he was entitled to hunt and kill on the licences of other members of the party.
At the beginning of May 2017, the defendant Yongwen Y. dug a pit in the ground and hunted 2 pheasants and feed them in the house. Yongwen Y. and his wife Rongmei Y. (not prosecuting) sold the two pheasants to Zhonghui Z. for 200 yuan. On May 18, 2017, Yongwen Y.
On the 1st October 2014, elements of the conservation service of the divisional delegation of Ntem, South Region received reliable information about the illicit trafficking of wildlife products in the town. Following this information and together with the gendarmerie, they proceeded to arrest the accused ELLA Minko Pierre at Hotel Sispens.
The Accused was arrested at Kijanji, Bulisa District and was later transferred to Kampala CPS. The Accused was found to be in possession of specimen (58 pieces of Buffalo horns) belonging to animals categorized as protected species contrary to the laws of the country.
The Accused were arrested at Royal Circuit Truck and Queens mile in Kasese District in the Queen Elizabeth National Park wildlife protected area without permission.
