Blackpool returned to Pakistan 204 smuggling turtles | wildlife smuggling _ news

Yao gang, newspaper reporter taxkorgan, August 19, and Yang Jie

Report: 18th, General Administration of customs, the State Forestry Administration on the red border to Pakistan the endangered species protection division handed over 204 Blackpool smuggling turtle, they will return home, released into the wild. This is China's first successful return of live animals of origin.

On June 13, customs when checking in taxkorgan Tajik zizhixian brick factories set up checked posts in Marrakech, in a pickup truck seized the Blackpool turtle. Based on suspect confessions, also captured 5 House, smuggling cases successfully solved.

According to national forestry Council forest police judicial Center expert introduced, Blackpool turtle alias beetle, and grass turtle, and mountain turtle,, main distribution Yu Asia Southern of India, and Pakistan and the China Yangtze River basin, and Yunnan, and Guangxi, and Guangdong, to, was included endangered wild flora and fauna species international trade Convention Appendix a, is national level focus protection animal, banned capture, its products also cannot for international trading.

Urumqi Customs actively the implementation of the Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora, strengthen positive customs supervision, strengthening cross-border law enforcement cooperation. From January 2012 to August 2014, Urumqi, Hong Kong Customs has uncovered 15 cases of smuggling of endangered species, and seized smuggled Antelope horns 14,900, tax evasion, 435 million Yuan, animals such as bears, wolves, red foxes, muskrat pelt 14,000, Blackpool turtle, saker falcon, pangolins and other animals, 231.

Urumqi customs Deputy Commissioner Lv Jianzhong said, "turtle smuggling Blackpool returned to set free event to be held, not only expresses the attitude of zero tolerance on wildlife smuggling, and communicates the philosophy of the harmonious coexistence of humans and animals and nature. ”

(Original title: China Customs live animals for the first time the countries of origin)

17:09 on August 20, 2014
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