Villagers in Linqing Discover a Young Eagle, a Second-Level Protected Animal
According to reports (all media reporter Zhang Chengbin),Recently, the Jin Hao Zhuang Police Station of Qingqing City Police Department received an alarm that a villager found a young eagle in his own field. Subsequently, police immediately responded to the scene and brought the young eagle back to the police station, and promptly contacted the Qingqing City Police Department Forest Police Detachment for assistance. Finally, the young eagle was properly resettled.
Police conducted an examination of the young eagle
'When we arrived at Jin Hao Zhuang Police Station, we initially thought it was an owl, but after consulting with professionals, we preliminarily identified it as a young eagle, which belongs to a second-level protected animal.' Police of the Qingqing City Police Department Forest Police Detachment told reporters.
Police prepared food for the young eagle
The reporter saw pictures provided by the police, this young eagle has a brown body color, and its estimated body length is about 30 centimeters. Police of the Qingqing City Police Department Forest Police Detachment told reporters that since there is no place in Qingqing to accommodate the young eagle, they contacted the Forestry Branch of the Zibo City Public Security Bureau, 'After the municipal forest branch contacted the Zibo Animal Park, the latter agreed to adopt it, and we immediately drove the young eagle to there.'
3:30 PM on March 29th, the reporter contacted the Zibo Wild Animal Park. It is understood that after professional examination, the young eagle had no injuries, and the Zibo Wild Animal Park will arrange professional personnel to care for and raise it for a period of time before considering releasing it.
Police handed over the young eagle to the wildlife park
According to the provisions of the 'Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China' regarding illegal hunting, killing, or trafficking of national key protected precious and endangered wild animals, or illegal acquisition, transportation, and sale of national key protected precious and endangered wild animals and their products, shall be sentenced to a term of no less than five years or imprisonment or detention, and a fine; if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to a term of more than five years and less than ten years, and a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, shall be sentenced to a term of ten years or more, and a fine or confiscation of property. The police reminded that if citizens encounter similar situations, they can contact wild animal protection departments or seek assistance from the police. If they act on their own to deal with or consume, sell, hunt, or capture national protected animals, they will bear legal responsibility.
