In the current epidemic prevention and control work, wildlife protection has also become a common concern. Recently, the police in Huangdao jointly arrested eight suspects, including Yan Mouhua, who were suspected of illegally buying and selling precious and endangered wild animals, and took criminal compulsory measures according to law.
On January 14th, Huangdao police received clues from the masses that wild animals such as rabbits were sold in a rural bazaar. The Criminal Investigation Brigade and Forest Police immediately launched an investigation with all their strength, arrested the suspect Cheng Mosen, and found 69 rabbits, 1 pheasant and 1 wild duck from his car on the spot.
After the trial, Cheng Mosen, a native of Qingdao West Coast New District, confessed that he usually sold fish, and all the wild animals he sold were bought from another fishmonger, Pei Mouhua. Through preliminary investigation, Huangdao police found that there may be many people suspected of illegally buying and selling precious and endangered wild animals. Through more careful investigation, Pei Mouhua was arrested and brought to justice, and 9 rabbits and 26 wild birds were found in the refrigerator of Pei Mouhua’s home, including the national second-class protected animal owl.
According to Yan Mouhua’s confession, since December 2019, he has sold 110 rabbits, 1 pheasant and 3 wild ducks to Cheng Mosen. In addition, Pei Mouhua confessed to selling 40 rabbits, more than 260 wild birds such as wild ducks, pheasants and turtledoves, and a number of miscellaneous birds to a hotel. The investigation by the police investigating the case found that all the wild animals sold by Yan Mouhua came from Yan Mochao, a villager in his same village, so he arrested Yan Mochao and later arrested his accomplice Yu Mouming. According to Yan Mochao and Yu Moming’s confession, from December 2019 to January this year, they went to some vegetable markets in Qixia City and Rushan City to find some live poultry shops to buy wild animals and earn the difference through selling. The police dug deep along the clues and arrested four suspects, including Fan Mouqiang. So far, a cross-regional criminal chain of illegal acquisition and sale of precious and endangered wild animals was cut off by Huangdao police.
According to the investigation of Huangdao police, rabbits are the main wild animals sold by Yimouchao and others, including Oriental horned owl, small owl with longitudinal stripes, collar horned owl, long-eared owl and other national second-class protected animals. Grass rabbits and common nighthawks are "three-owned" protected animals that are prohibited from killing according to the wildlife protection law. At present, Yan Mouhua was arrested for the crime of illegally purchasing precious wild animals, and seven suspects, including Yan Mochao, were taken criminal compulsory measures according to law. The case is under further investigation. (Legal Daily All-Media Reporter Cao Tianjian Correspondent Qi Linxin)