Eating game is a crime, but does not require criminal liability. The legal consequence of eating game is that the local public security agency can detain the person concerned. The public security organs also punish citizens who eat game in accordance with local government regulations. It is a crime to go to a restaurant to order some rare wild animals or purchase wild animals just to eat game.

Article 341 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China?

Illegal hunting or killing of precious or endangered wild animals under key state protection, or illegal Whoever purchases, transports, or sells rare and endangered wild animals and their products under key state protection shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are particularly serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years and shall also be fined or have property confiscated.

Whoever violates hunting regulations by hunting in a protected area or hunting period or by using prohibited tools or methods and destroying wild animal resources, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, control, or a fine .

In violation of wildlife protection and management regulations, illegal hunting, acquisition, transportation, and sale of terrestrial wild animals that grow and reproduce naturally in the wild environment other than those specified in Paragraph 1 for the purpose of consumption, if the circumstances are serious, shall be punished in accordance with The penalties specified in the preceding paragraph.