Why is stealing pigeons sentenced and fined?

Stealing pigeons depends on whether it meets the local standards for filing theft cases. If there is, it is theft. If not, it is a public security case. First, judging from the case value, of course, there are more homing pigeons now, and the value of homing pigeons is different. The second is based on the consideration of social harm.

Legal basis:

1) Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft Article 1 Whoever steals public or private property with a value of more than 1,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan, and more than 300,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "a large amount", "a huge amount" and "a particularly huge amount" as stipulated in Article 264 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the local economic development and the situation of social security, determine the specific amount standards implemented in their respective regions within the scope of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.

If theft is carried out on public transport running across regions, and it is impossible to verify the location of the theft, it shall be determined that the amount of theft has reached "a large amount" or "a huge amount" according to the relevant amount standards determined by the higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government where the case is accepted.

2) Article 49 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment (revised 20 12) Whoever steals, swindles, robs, extorts money or intentionally damages public or private property shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may also be fined less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and may also be fined less than 1000 yuan.

3) Article 264 of the Criminal Law: Whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or repeatedly steals, burglary, armed theft or pickpocketing, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.