It is illegal to eat roe deer meat. According to relevant public information, eating roe deer meat belongs to the crime of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals, and its criminal act is punishable by fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and a fine. If the circumstances are serious, a heavier punishment shall be given in accordance with the principle of suiting crime to punishment. The roe deer is an animal of the genus roe deer.