I bought it because I thought it was cute

I didn’t know it wasn’t a domestic pet

It was a national second-level key protected wild animal

Recently

A man from Hejiang

suspected of endangering precious and endangered wild animals

taken criminal compulsory measures

Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Hejiang County Public Security Bureau , In early April 2021, He Mou, who lives in Fuyang Street, Hejiang County, browsed animal science videos on the Internet and saw that the fox was very cute, so he wanted to keep one as a pet. Subsequently, He purchased an albino red fox online for 750 yuan and gave it to his girlfriend Zhang to help feed it. In January 2022, Hejiang County Public Security Bureau Fuyang Police Station summoned He and Zhang back to the police station for investigation based on the report. After identification, the fox raised by He Mou is a red fox, which is a national second-level key protected wild animal. At present, He has been taken criminal compulsory measures for the crime of endangering precious and endangered wild animals, and the case is under further investigation.

The police pointed out that it is illegal to hunt, kill, domesticate and breed animals under state protection. According to Article 341 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China:

Illegal hunting or killing of precious or endangered wild animals under special state protection, or illegal acquisition, transportation, or sale of precious and precious wildlife under special state protection. , Endangered wild animals and their products shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and a fine; if the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years, and a fine; Imprisonment and fines or confiscation of property. Violation of hunting regulations, hunting in sanctuary areas, hunting periods or using prohibited tools or methods, and destroying wildlife resources, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or a fine.

The police remind:

Citizens should consciously resist the illegal acquisition, sale, and breeding of rare and endangered wild animals, keep the bottom line of the law, and keep pets legally. Once you discover the illegal acquisition, transportation, sale of precious or endangered wild animals, or the criminal acts of hunting and selling wild animals and destroying the ecological environment, please report to the police immediately.