WILDLEX

In 1995 a wildlife officer received information that the appellants have been engaged in illegally trafficking in white-tailed deer, deer and elk antlers, and moose. As a result of the resulting investigation the appellants were charged with a variety of offences contrary to The Wildlife Act, S.S.

Mr. Sawicki plead guilty under The Wildlife Act, 1998, for trafficking in wildlife and possession of wildlife for the purpose of trafficking, contrary to s.44(a) and s.44(b). He was sentenced to 15 months to be served in the community (a conditional sentence).

This is a case of appeal. The respondent was accused on three charges listed above. The question was, whether the permits the respondent (at that time: the accused) carried were technically valid for the actions he committed.

In October of the lunar calendar in 2014, Yibing H. purchased a dead body of black bear from others, and then commissioned Fatian D. to sell it. In the first half of 2016, Faguo D. and Fatian D. negotiated to do a wildlife business together. Fatian D. was responsible for purchase and sale. Faguo D.

In June 2016, Bicheng C. retrieved the four steel wire sleeves found when he was collecting medicine on the mountain, and placed them in the woods of the back mountain for hunting wild animals. In July of the same year, Bicheng C. discovered that the previously placed steel wire sleeve had captured a black bear and it was dead.

On the evening of May 2, 2018, Bin C. and Zedong Y. conspired to go to Liyang River in Fuling District to fish with electricity. At about 21:00, Bin C. and Chaoyong S. (handled separately) took a car driven by Zedong Y. to Liyuan River. Zedong Y.