A, rural catching pheasants illegal
1, rural catching pheasants is illegal. Pheasants in our country is the second level of protection of animals, without the approval of the relevant departments, illegal hunting and killing of national key protection of precious and endangered wildlife behavior, constitutes the crime of endangering precious and endangered wildlife, will be subject to administrative punishment.
2, the legal basis: "Chinese people's *** and the State Law on the Protection of Wild Animals" Article 45
Violation of the provisions of Article 20 of this law, Article 21, Article 23, paragraph 1, Article 24, paragraph 1, in the relevant nature reserve area, no hunting (fishing) zone, no hunting (fishing) period of hunting and trapping of wildlife of national key protection, without obtaining the licensed hunting and trapping license, not in accordance with the provisions of the licensed hunting and trapping license, hunting and killing, the killing of wild animals, without obtaining the license, without the approval of the relevant departments, will be administrative punishment. If a person hunts or kills wildlife under national key protection without obtaining a licensed hunting license or in accordance with the provisions of the licensed hunting license, or if he hunts or kills wildlife under national key protection by using prohibited tools or methods, the department in charge of wildlife protection of the people's government at or above the county level, the marine law enforcement department, or the management agency of the relevant protected area shall, in accordance with the division of responsibilities, confiscate the hunted objects, hunting tools and illegal proceeds, cancel the licensed hunting license, and impose a fine of not less than two but not more than ten times the value of the hunted objects.
If there is no prey, and impose a fine of 10,000 yuan or more than 50,000 yuan; constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.
Second, the capture of wildlife shall be punished
Capture of wildlife shall be punished as follows:
1, illegal hunting, killing, or illegal acquisition, transportation, sale of precious and endangered wildlife and their products under state protection, shall be sentenced to less than five years' fixed-term imprisonment or detention, and shall also be punished by a fine;
2. If the circumstances are serious, the penalty shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years, and a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the penalty shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, and a fine or confiscation of property.
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Legal basis:
The Criminal Law, Article 341, illegal hunting and killing of precious and endangered wildlife under state protection, or illegal acquisition, transportation, sale of precious and endangered wildlife under state protection and their products, shall be sentenced to less than five years' fixed-term imprisonment or detention, and shall be punished by fines;
If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to five years' fixed-term imprisonment of ten years or less and shall be punished by fines; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the sentence shall be five years' fixed-term imprisonment of ten years or less, and shall be punished by fines. punishment; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the penalty shall be fixed-term imprisonment of ten years or more, and a fine or confiscation of property.