Diao _ (scientific name: Bubo Bubo) is a nocturnal bird of prey with a strong hooked beak and a hard beard covering the wax film at the base of the mouth. The wings have different shapes, and the fifth accessory feather is missing. The tail is short and round, and the tail feather 12, sometimes only 10. Feet are strong and powerful, often fully feathered, and the fourth toe can be turned backwards for easy climbing. The claws are big and sharp. The fat glands in the tail are exposed. Nest in tree holes or crevices. Young birds mature late. There are obvious ear-shaped tufts around the ear holes, which are helpful to distinguish sounds and locate them at night. Chest feathers have many obvious patterns. Most of them live in inaccessible forests, can move all day, fly slowly and silently, and usually fly close to the ground. It has a wide range of feeding habits, mainly feeding on various rodents, but also eating rabbits, frogs, hedgehogs, insects, pheasants and other birds. Cry deeply. All over Europe, Asia and Africa, from Scandinavia, eastward through Siberia to Sakhalin Island and Kuril Islands, southward to India and northern Myanmar in South Asia, and southward to Arabian Peninsula in Africa.
2. What level of wildlife protection does this animal belong to?
It is listed in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species VER 3. 1- Low Risk (LC)20 12.
Included in the Washington Convention CITESⅱII II protected animals.
1989 is listed as a second-class protected animal in the List of National Key Protected Wild Animals in China.
1996 is listed as a rare species in the Red Book of Endangered Animals in China.
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4.XXX was sentenced for selling wild animals. (Briefly summarize a case, case number, anonymity of the suspect and sentencing)
Liao Moumou criminal first instance criminal judgment
Case number: Criminal Chu (2022) Xiang 1022 Criminal Chu No.2.
Defendant Liao Moumou, male, was criminally detained by Yizhang Forestry Bureau on February 3, 20 19, and was released on bail pending trial by the Bureau on the same day. On February 3, 2020, Yizhang County People's Court decided to release him on bail pending trial.
The People's Court of Yizhang County, Hunan Province accused the defendant Liao Moumou of the crime of endangering precious and endangered wild animals with the indictment No.2021,and filed a public prosecution. The public prosecution agency accused: One day in May 2008, the defendant Liao bought two owls from Huyan * * at the price of 1500 yuan for his mother's treatment. 2.2065438+One day in June 2008, the defendant Liao Moumou contacted Hu Yan by telephone and decided to buy two owls at the price of 1500 yuan. In the same year, at 0: 50am on June 65438+1October 65438+September, the trailer DP ××××/D * *1Z, which transported wild animals through the logistics company, was seized by the * * authorities while passing through the G4 Expressway Yizhang Toll Station in Hunan Province, and 9 * * 34 wild animals were detained at the scene. According to the identification, 3/kloc-0 live birds in this batch of wild animals are Bubo Bubo, a national second-class protected wild animal, and 3 live mammals are a national third-class protected wild animal, the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis).
The defendant Liao Moumou had no objection to the alleged facts and voluntarily pleaded guilty. The defense opinion put forward by his defender is that the defendant Liao Moumou has surrendered himself and voluntarily pleaded guilty. He is a first-time offender and has paid ecological compensation. His original intention is to treat his mother. I hope the court will give him a lighter punishment. The court held that the defendant Liao Moumou violated the laws and regulations on wildlife protection and illegally acquired precious and endangered wildlife under state protection, which constituted a crime of endangering precious and endangered wildlife. The accusation of the public prosecution agency was established. The defendant Liao Moumou automatically confessed the facts of the crime after arriving at the case, and surrendered himself, which can be given a lighter punishment according to law; Voluntary confession and active payment of fines can be dealt with leniently according to law; Actively pay compensation for ecological environment damage, and may be given a lighter punishment as appropriate. The defense opinion put forward by the defender that the defendant Liao Moumou has a statutory and discretionary lighter punishment is consistent with the facts and adopted by this court. The sentencing proposal put forward by the public prosecution agency is appropriate and adopted by our court. To sum up, according to the criminal facts, nature, plot, degree of harm to society, repentance and the investigation and evaluation opinions issued by Yizhang County Community Correction Administration, and according to Article 341, paragraph 1, Article 52, Article 67, paragraph 1, Article 72, Article 73 and Article 15 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the verdict is as follows: Defendant Liao has committed a crime that endangers precious and endangered wildlife.