Against the wind？ Strike hard! Experts point to the root of illegal wildlife trade.

　　　　　　 CCTV News:During the epidemic period, cases of illegal hunting and sale of wild animals still occurred, and law enforcement agencies in various places severely cracked down on the crime of headwind and severely punished them according to law.

　　　　　　 At 5: 00 pm on January 31, when the police of Jiangchuan District Forest Public Security Bureau in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province inspected the jurisdiction, they found a villager carrying hunting tools, and birds chirped from time to time.

　　　　　　 Stopped by the police, the man put down his tools, bird cages and other items, saying that he was here to help people with Sanqi. When he was idle during the Spring Festival, he went up the mountain to hunt birds to eat.

　　　　　　 From the personal belongings of the suspected man, the police seized six tools for illegal hunting, two white-cheeked noises used as bait, a whistle, and 20 thrush illegally hunted, of which 16 were dead. The police immediately brought Xiong back to the Jiangchuan District Forest Public Security Bureau for further processing.

　　　　　　 In the law enforcement case handling center, Xiong confessed that he and his workers would hunt some wild animals from time to time to improve their lives when they were protecting Sanqi. In order to cut off the epidemic source at the first time and severely crack down on illegal hunting of wild animals, the forest public security organs at Yuxi City and Jiangchuan District immediately dispatched police to the area of Jiuxi Town in Jiangchuan District overnight to conduct surprise inspections on the dormitories and surrounding areas.

　　　　　　 On that night, 5 live wild animals, 1 live partridge, 1 live quail and 1 live yellow-butted snipe were seized, 16 catching tools, 11 iron clips, 1 whistle and 3 slingshots were seized, and 4 people involved were arrested. At present, the case is being further processed.

　　　　　　 In fact, cases like this are not uncommon. In the past few days, the Forestry Bureau of Tujia Autonomous County along the river in Guizhou Province has launched a special law enforcement campaign to crack down on wildlife trafficking. A total of 7 comprehensive farmers’ markets and more than 30 restaurants have been investigated, and 4 wild porcupines, 27 pheasants, 2 rabbits and 11 wild goats have been collected on the spot.

　　　　　　 On February 4th, Xizhu Police Station of Yixing City Public Security Bureau in Jiangsu Province successfully arrested Wang, a suspect suspected of illegal hunting. Through further search, five squirrels and ten Yellow weasel were found dead in the refrigerator of his home, as well as a large number of hunting equipment. After the trial, Wang confessed that since July 2019, more than 20 squirrels and 40 Yellow weasel were illegally hunted and sold in the form of hunting clips.

　　　　　　 What is actually hidden behind a case is the greedy demand for illegal interests.

　　　　　　 On November 7, 2019, security personnel at Guang ‘an Railway Station in Sichuan found a large number of dead wild birds in the suitcases of four passengers, including Lu Moguang. After checking and counting by the police of Guang ‘an Forest Public Security Bureau, 2418 dead wild birds and some hunting tools such as electronic bird traps and bird nets were found in the suspect’s suitcase. After the trial, four suspects confessed to using electronic bird traps and bird nets to hunt wild birds near Fenshuiling Village, shiya town, Yuechi County, Guang ‘an City, and two other suspects. Guang’ an Forest Public Security Bureau quickly organized the police of the Municipal Bureau, Qianfeng District and Yuechi County Forest Public Security Bureau to rush to the scene to arrest. The police investigating the case arrested the suspects Lu Mouliang and Yang Mouyou in Fenshuiling Village, shiya town, Yuechi County, and found seven greenhouses with live wild birds and two refrigerators with dead wild birds. After counting, there were more than 11,000 live wild birds and more than 2,200 dead wild birds.

　　　　　　 Guang ‘an Forest Public Security Bureau immediately set up a "11.7" extra-large illegal hunting case task force to carry out investigation work. After investigation, from mid-August, 2019, the suspects Lu Mouliang and Wu Moufu discussed bird catching to make money, and agreed that Lu Mouliang would be responsible for selecting bird catching places, renting houses, personnel round-trip fares, transportation, bird nets and other preparatory work and sales work. Wu Moufu was responsible for organizing bird catchers. For the birds caught by the bird catcher found by Wu Moufu, Lu Mouliang bought them at the price of live birds 0.8 yuan/bird and dead birds 0.6 yuan/bird, and Wu Moufu paid a commission of 0.2 yuan/bird. In mid-September, 2019, Wu Moufu organized Lu Moguang, Lu Moneng and others to illegally catch birds from congjiang county to Guang ‘an. Subsequently, Lu Mouliang’s cousin Lu Moxi also joined the illegal bird catching. After review, during the period from September 21 to November 6, 2019, criminal suspects illegally hunted more than 110,000 wild birds, mainly sparrows. The criminal suspects transported the hunted wild birds to Qingyuan, Foshan and other places in Guangdong for sale at a price ranging from 1.1 to 3 yuan by means of passenger car consignment, and made an illegal profit of more than 150,000 yuan.

　　　　　　 Recently, with the approval of the procuratorate, 10 suspects suspected of illegal hunting were arrested according to law.

　　　　　　 Cao Mingde, a professor at the School of Civil and Commercial Economics of China University of Political Science and Law, said: "In fact, illegal hunting and illegal trading of wild animals have been repeatedly prohibited for a long time, and an industrial chain has been formed, including illegal hunting, sales and purchase, as well as transportation, carrying, sending and utilization, including domestication and breeding. Then the reasons are various and the demand comes from consumers. Where there is demand, there is a market. "