Database of Wildlife Related Law
On 25th day of 2013, accused was found in possession of the Government trophy and was charged for being in possession of the Government trophies contrary to section 86 (1) and (2) (b) of the Wildlife Conservation Act, No. 5 of 2009 read together with section 14(d) of the Economic and Organized Crime Control Act [Cap 200 R.E 2002].
The accused persons were charged jointly and severally for contravening various provisions of the laws governing and regulating possession and disposition of the Government trophies. The main charge around this case was unlawful exportation of wild animals with total value of Tshs. 170,575,500.
Accused person were arrested for having been found in possession of a government trophy and were charged accordingly. There pleaded guilty and were convicted.
On 25th August, 2013 at about 01:00hrs at Mheza-Maore Village within Same District – Kilimanjaro region, the appellant was arrested for being in unlawful possession of the government trophy which is one “cheeter” skin worth Tshs. 7,942,900, the property of the government of the United Republic of Tanzania and without permit or license.
On 13th December, 2012 at Kishisha Village, Siha District at Kilimanjaro region, the accused was arrested by the Kinapa Park rangers on allegations of possessing government trophy which was hyrax. This was contrary to the Wildlife Conservation Act, No. 05 of 2009. He was charged for the first time at Hai District Court on 24th January, 2013.
Qun C. began to domesticate and breed wild animals such as peacocks in 2010. In July 2015, using the rented land and greenhouses in Xishan District, Wuxi City, he raised poultry, domesticated peacocks and other wild animals, but did not apply for a wild animal breeding license. In May and June 2016, Qun C.
In October 2016, Jilong W. sold to Xinxin C. 1 African Grey Parrot listed in Appendix I of CITES at a price of RMB 5,000. On June 5, 2017, Jilong W. was arrested by the police and failed to sell 1 African Grey Parrot, 2 Red-Shouldered Macaws, and 2 Sun Cockatoos listed in Appendix II of CITES. In October 2016, Jilong W.
On November 30 and December 31, 2017, Junfeng Z. sold ivory products to Wu at the prices of RMB 2720, 360, and 740 through contact and mailing. After identification, the above products originated from African elephant ivory. On December 15, 2017, Zheng sold four lucky buckles to Wu at a price of RMB 1,660 through WeChat contact and mailing.
Shangping Y., Kailing C., Shancheng Y., and Hengjun W. sold their illegally hunted wild animals to Dayu Supermarket operated by Kailiang C. and Sujing X., and they made a profit of RMB 35,000, RMB 3,500, RMB 3,000, and RMB 4,000 respectively. On November 30, 2016, the Lianyungang Public Security Bureau seized a mandarin duck at the Kailiang C.
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.
