Changzhou Radio and Television's "Social Photo" column has reported many cases of illegal sale of endangered wild animals, including parrots, turtles, pythons, etc., popularizing relevant laws and regulations, and giving many citizens who love to keep "special" pets a wake-up call.
Recently, a young man came to the Cuizhu police station, and he carried a simple lunch box with him, which turned out to be a chameleon the size of a palm. The young man, surnamed Zhang, told the police that he had seen a news the night before and learned that some people in other provinces and cities had been arrested and dealt with by the public security organs for buying and selling breeding chameleons. He happens to have a small pet at home, exactly like the chameleon, a state-protected animal in the news picture. After watching the news, he also understood that this chameleon was forbidden to be bought and bred by individuals. Therefore, he did not hesitate to take the chameleon to the police station and handed it over to the police.
After identification, the chameleon provided by Zhang Mou is scientifically named "High-crowned Chameleon", named after the towering meat crown on its head, mainly distributed in Madagascar Island in Africa, a few distributed in Asia, belonging to the national second-level protected animals, which is included in the list of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and is prohibited from individual trading and breeding.
So, where did the chameleon in Zhang's hand come from? The police immediately launched an investigation and found that Zhang met a Wang in Changzhou on WeChat, wang had a chameleon in his hand, and the two traded at a price of 800 yuan in Wang's place of residence on the same day.
Subsequently, Wang Mou, who sold high-crowned chameleons, was also arrested by the police, who confessed to the facts of the crime and has been taken criminal compulsory measures for illegally selling rare and endangered wild animals.
The police also remind pet lovers that before choosing and purchasing pets, they must do their homework, and all wild animals listed in the list of first- and second-level protected animals cannot be bought and bred casually. In addition, raising wild animals requires a certain degree of professional knowledge, and simple and casual breeding not only wastes money, but also brings fatal harm to animals.
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