Can pheasants be eaten? Is it illegal?

It is illegal to eat pheasants in serious cases. Because pheasant is a national second-class protected wild animal, eating a pheasant is suspected of illegally hunting precious wild animals. Whoever commits this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

The constitutive elements of the crime of endangering precious and endangered wild animals are as follows:

1, object elements, the object of infringement is the management system of precious and endangered wild animals under special state protection;

2. Objective elements, objectively manifested as illegal hunting and killing of rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection;

3, the main elements, the subject is the general subject, that is, anyone who reaches the age of criminal responsibility and has the ability to be criminally responsible can constitute;

4. Subjective elements are intentional in subjective aspects, and negligence does not constitute.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) wildlife protection law

Article 45

In violation of the provisions of Article 20, Article 21, Paragraph 1 of Article 23 and Paragraph 1 of Article 24 of this Law, hunting wild animals under special state protection in relevant nature reserves, hunting (fishing) areas and hunting ban periods without obtaining a special hunting license, failing to hunt and kill wild animals under special state protection in accordance with the provisions of the special hunting license, or hunting wild animals under special state protection with prohibited tools and methods;

The wildlife protection department of the people's government at or above the county level, the marine law enforcement department or the relevant protected area management agencies shall, in accordance with the division of responsibilities, confiscate the catch, hunting tools and illegal income, revoke the special hunting and catching license, and impose a fine of more than two times and less than ten times the value of the catch; If there is no catch, a fine of not less than ten thousand yuan but not more than fifty thousand yuan shall be imposed; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.