Database of Wildlife Related Law
This appeal concerns the fate of four chimpanzees, brought from Zaire (in today's Democratic Republic of the Congo) by the Respondent. The animals are still in custody of the Uganda authorities, having been seized at Entebbe Airport as they were about to be exported to Dubai.
From March 2018 to March 2019, Chao X. successively purchased one ball python, one red-tailed anaconda, and four Asian rock pythons for breeding. Among them, he sold the red-tailed anaconda to a person named “Xiaowu” in Huadiwan, Guangzhou at a price of 1,200 yuan, and sold an Asian rock python (Python) to Liu at a price of 3500 yuan.
From April to June 2017, Jinyu W. purchased two live snakes from two WeChat friends at a price of 1700 yuan and 260 yuan through WeChat transfer, respectively. On December 26, 2017,Jinyu W. posted information on the sale of these 2 snakes in the Post Bar, and at the same time contacted potential buyers through WeChat group.
From August to October 2017, Yuan C. posted the sale information of the gold python that he incubated on the "Crawling World" website. During the period, 4 gold pythons were sold. Subsequently, the police seized 30 pythons from his house.
On July 25, 2018, Zebiao K. was arrested by public security personnel while carrying a brown hornbill in the corridor for sale. Subsequently, in the 703 room, the public security personnel seized a living brown hornbill and 14 dead bodies of other wild animals that Zebiao K. purchased from criminals and waited to be sold.
The defendant Jianxing L., illegally purchased 5 pieces of ivory products from elephants which were threatened and endangered wild animals, and shipped them to Sanya and handed them to the defendant Shengqi C. for sale.
In October 2012, Zangone Mampa Ghislain was in the forest precisely inside the Odzala Kokoua national park where he used a caliber 12 gun type Simplex to kill a chimpanzee for self-defence. He brought the meat back to his house and gave some pieces to Mossahou Daniel who came to visit him.
In April 2014, Mossendjo Alfred went to the forest for hunting. After having ”called” the animals three times he saw an angry Chimpanzee attacking him and killed the animal.
In December 2011, Zongo Ernest provided Ngonguela Alfred with one war weapon and two full loaders to kill elephants. Ngonguela used the hunting materials to kill eight elephants and gave the trophies to Mahamat Abdou for the sum of XAF 680,000 (six hundred and eighty thousand) and the carcass to Samba Ruth and Gnina Solange for sale.
During the year 2018, Kpamane Joseph and Atem Kevin went for a small hunting expedition at Adjala village during which they killed one blue duiker and one chimpanzee. They waited for the sunset to smoke and share the meat. Back to the village, Kpamane Joseph gave part of the meat to Atem Kevin to give it to his elder brother living in Sembe.
