Eating pheasants is illegal, and the penalty standards are:

1. Illegal hunting and killing of precious and endangered wild animals under national key protection, or illegal purchase, transportation, and sale of national key Those who protect precious and endangered wild animals and their products shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined;

2. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined.

3. If the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years and shall also be fined or his property shall be confiscated.

The penalty for eating a pheasant is:

1. Eating a pheasant shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and a fine. If the circumstances are serious, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years. , and impose a fine.

2. Anyone who illegally hunts or kills rare and endangered wild animals under key state protection, or illegally purchases, transports, or sells rare and endangered wild animals under key state protection and their products shall be sentenced to a prison term of not more than five years. Fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention, and a fine;

3. Whoever violates hunting regulations, hunts in protected areas, during closed periods, or uses prohibited tools or methods, destroys wild animal resources, and if the circumstances are serious, shall be punished Fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or a fine.

4. Pheasants, also known as pheasants, are nationally protected animals and hunting is illegal.

In summary, pheasants are national second-level protected animals. If you want to hunt national second-level protected animals, you must apply for a special hunting license from the wildlife administrative department of the provincial, autonomous region, or municipal government directly under the Central Government. If Anyone who has not been hunting and killing pheasants constitutes the crime of illegal hunting and killing of precious and endangered wild animals.

Legal basis:

Article 31 of the "Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China"

It is prohibited to sell, buy or exploit wild animals for the purpose of Advertisements for animals or prohibited hunting equipment. It is prohibited to publish advertisements for the illegal sale, purchase, or use of wild animal products.

It is prohibited to produce and operate food made from wild animals and their products under national key protection, or to use non-nationally protected wild animals without proof of legal origin. Food made from animals and their products.

Illegal purchase of nationally protected wild animals and their products for consumption is prohibited.