It is illegal to capture a few protected animals

Catching a protected animal will result in penalties, but generally only administrative penalties will be imposed. According to relevant laws and regulations, catching more than 20 animals constitutes a crime, and catching more than 50 animals constitutes a major criminal case.

1. If you catch a few animals from three, you will be punished

1. If you catch 20 animals from three, you will be punished. Hunting of beneficial wild animals with important economic value and scientific research value is not allowed. For three kinds of animals, catching and killing more than 20 animals without permission will constitute a crime and will be fined, hunting tools may be confiscated, and hunting licenses may be revoked.

2. Legal basis: "Article 48 of the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China"

Violation of Article 27, paragraph 1, of this law Paragraph 2, Paragraph 1 of Article 28 and Paragraph 1 of Article 33 stipulate that the use of special signs without approval or failure to use special signs in accordance with regulations, or failure to hold or attach a captive breeding license or approval document Copy or sell, acquire, utilize, transport, carry, sell, purchase, utilize, transport, carry, mail the national key protected wild animals and their products or the wild animals and their products specified in Paragraph 2 of Article 28 of this Law If the products are produced, the wildlife protection department or the market supervision and management department of the people's government at or above the county level shall confiscate the wild animals and their products and illegal income according to the division of responsibilities, and impose a fine of not less than one time but not more than ten times the value of the wild animals and their products; Serious. If the circumstances are serious, the artificial breeding license shall be revoked, the approval document shall be withdrawn, and the special mark shall be revoked; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

Violation of Article 27, Paragraph 4, of this Law. Paragraph 2 of Article 33 stipulates that if any non-state-protected wild animals without proof of legal origin are sold, used, or transported, the wildlife protection departments or market supervision and management departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall confiscate the wild animals according to the division of responsibilities. , and shall be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the value of the wild animals.

Violating the provisions of Article 27, paragraph 5, and Article 33 of this Law, selling, transporting, carrying, and delivering relevant wild animals. Animals and their products that do not possess or are not accompanied by quarantine certificates will be punished in accordance with the provisions of the "Animal Epidemic Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Animal Epidemic Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China"

2. Sale. What is the penalty standard for Sanyou protected animals

The penalty standards for selling Sanyou protected animals are as follows:

1. For Sanyou animals, the relevant laws stipulate that it is illegal to capture one without permission ;

2. Catching more than 20 animals constitutes a crime;

3. Catching more than 50 animals is a major criminal case.

I hope the above content can be helpful to you. If you have any other questions, please consult a professional lawyer.

Legal basis:

Article 35: International conventions and countries concluded or acceded to by the People’s Republic of China prohibit or restrict sales. The list of wild animals or their products shall be formulated, adjusted and published by the national endangered species import and export management agency. The import and export of wild animals or their products listed in the preceding paragraph, as well as the export of nationally protected wild animals or their products, shall be approved by the State Council for Wildlife. With the approval of the competent protection department or the State Council, and the import and export permission certificate issued by the national endangered species import and export management agency, the customs shall implement entry and exit quarantine in accordance with the law, and the export involves scientific and technological secrets in accordance with the regulations. Wild animal species shall be included in the list of wild animals listed in paragraph 1 of this article in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Council. With the approval of the wildlife protection department of the State Council, they may be managed according to the national key protected wild animals within the scope of application of this law.