A hunting team in Sichuan was arrested for hunting wild animals in the name of "protection"
A group of hound lovers in Sichuan met through the Internet and gathered in the "Wildlife Protection Station" network group in the name of protecting wild animals, but they have been carrying hounds and shotguns in Jiuzhaigou for a long time to round up and kill wild animals. Over the years, many endangered national key protected wildlife have fallen under their guns.
On April 21st, The Paper learned from the Forest Public Security Bureau of Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan Province that the eight hound lovers had been arrested and brought to justice, and now they have been transferred to the procuratorate for examination and prosecution on the crimes of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals, illegal hunting, illegal manufacturing of guns and illegal possession of guns.
According to the police investigation, in recent years, Xu Mouqiang, a villager from Balang Village, Yuwa Township, Jiuzhaigou County, went hunting in the mountains for 15 times alone or in partnership with others. Among them, many national second-class protected wild animals such as gazelle and red-bellied pheasant were hunted.
Wild animal samples found by the police from Xu Mouqiang’s home The pictures in this article are all provided by Jiuzhaigou County Forest Public Security Bureau.
16 pieces of wild animal meat were found in the freezer.
On December 17, 2019, the police of Yuwa Police Station of Jiuzhaigou County Forest Public Security Bureau in Sichuan Province received a report that Xu Mouqiang, a villager in Balang Village, Yuwa Township, illegally hunted wild animals. After receiving the police, Jiuzhaigou Forest Public Security Bureau immediately organized the police to investigate.
According to the police investigating the case, on December 18, 2019, the police searched Xu Mouqiang’s home according to law. During the search, 16 pieces of suspected wild animal meat were found in the freezer of his living room, and 1 piece of suspected wild animal fur, 1 suspected shotgun, 1 air nail gun and 3 knives were found at home. Suspected hunting bullets, shell casings, air bullets, steel balls, air nail bullets, 21 fast bullets and 3 knives.
The shotgun found in Xu Mouqiang’s home
On December 18, 2019, Xu Mouqiang took the initiative to go to the Jiuzhaigou County Forest Public Security Bureau for an inquiry. After the case, the suspect Xu Mouqiang truthfully confessed the illegal hunting of wild animals, the manufacture of guns and the illegal possession of guns. After investigation, in recent years, Xu Mouqiang hunted 15 times in the mountains by dogs, shooting, etc., killing 1 blue sheep, 4 mountain donkeys, 1 wild boar, 2 Sichuan pigs, 18 pheasants and 1 green deer.
Jiuzhaigou County Forest Public Security Bureau entrusted Sichuan Nanshan Forestry Judicial Appraisal Center on January 7, 2020 to identify the relationship between species and protection level samples of suspected wild animals involved in the case. The identification results show that among the suspected wild animals involved in the case, there are 2 mountain donkeys, 1 scientific name gazelle and 1 scientific name impala, which belong to the national second-class key protected wild animals. There are also 8 pheasants, including 2 blue pheasants, 3 spoon chickens and 3 red-bellied pheasants, which also belong to the national second-class key protected wild animals. In addition, three green deer and Sichuan pigs belong to three animals, that is, terrestrial wild animals protected by the state, which are beneficial or have important economic and scientific research value.
Poaching in a wild animal protection coat
According to the police handling the case of Jiuzhaigou Forest Public Security Bureau, The Paper was told that among the eight suspects involved, five were natives of Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Prefecture, one was a cattle dealer in Pingwu County, Mianyang, and the other two were Meishan people who lived in Chengdu for a long time and mainly engaged in the pet dog business.
Because of their common interest in training hounds, these eight people established a WeChat group of "Wildlife Protection Station" through Aauto Quicker and other networks. It’s called wildlife protection, and in fact, they all communicate and plan to kill wild animals.
The Paper noticed that the police also found a banner in Xu Mouqiang’s home, which read: Give it to the hound team of the mountain dog brothers, "Together Brothers, good faith service" was given to the flag bearer and the hunter was Zhou Mouquan.
The hound team received a banner.
According to the police investigating the case, these people also trained hunting dogs to sell, which was a pennant given by a person who bought hunting dogs. Because of their common hobbies, they often struggle to hunt together.
According to the investigation by the police, Xu Mouqiang went hunting 15 times in the mountains alone or in partnership with others in violation of the wildlife protection laws and regulations. Most of the hunting places were in Balang Village where he was located, and 12 of them took hunting dogs to participate in the round-up.
Among the three guns seized by the police from Xu Mouqiang’s home, the single-barrel shotgun was borrowed from Yang Decheng, the air gun was borrowed from Yang Shiming, and the nail gun was modified from the nail shooter and seamless steel pipe he bought online.
At present, the case has been transferred to the People’s Procuratorate of Jiuzhaigou County for prosecution, and 8 suspects involved in the crime of illegal hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals, illegal hunting, illegal manufacturing of guns and illegal possession of guns.
Jiuzhaigou forest police searched for guns abandoned by escaped hunters in the river (not in this case)