Information about owls?

Birds in Strigiformes are called owls, and the total number exceeds 130 species. It is distributed on all continents except Antarctica. Most species are nocturnal carnivores. Their food is mainly rodents, but there are also insects, birds, lizards, fish and other animals.

Owl, also called owl, is a national second-class protected animal. Provisions on second-class animals: "It is forbidden to sell or buy wild animals under special state protection or their products. Due to special circumstances such as scientific research, domestication and breeding, exhibition, etc. , need to sell, purchase and use the national first-class protected wild animals or their products, must be approved by the the State Council wildlife administrative department or its authorized units;

Where it is necessary to sell, purchase or utilize wildlife under second-class state protection or its products, it must be approved by the wildlife administrative department of the government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government or its authorized unit. "

When Guizhou men checked into hotels in Lin 'an, they were routinely inspected by the police. At this time, the man opened the bag and threw the "prey" inside out of the window, which triggered a major case of illegal hunting of precious and endangered wild animals. Wu Mou dropped 8 collar owls (a kind of owls, scientific name is sub-adult collar owls) from upstairs, which belongs to the national second-class protected animals.

Wu Mou was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment and fined 6,543,800 yuan by Lin 'an Court for the crime of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals. The second instance of Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court upheld the original judgment.

Wu Mou comes from the mountainous area of Guizhou and has hunting habits. From March, 2065438 to March, 2004, he began to engage in activities in the mountainous areas of Yuqian, Qingliangfeng and Jiande in Anhui and Hangzhou, and set up bird nets for hunting. Put a net in the place where there are many birds first, and play music at night. After the bird was disturbed, it was entangled in the net.

2065438+051mid-October, 15, Wu Mou arrived in Lin 'an from Anhui. He found a small hotel in the former town, staying during the day and going out at night. After laying the net, he waited for the action at night. After several nights, many wild animals were captured in the bamboo forest on a hill in Qiannan mountain village.

20 15 65438+ 10/7, Wu Mou was lying in a hotel watching TV when he suddenly met a policeman patrolling. Hearing the quick knock on the door, Wu Mou thought that there were eight leading owls in the bag in the room, so he quickly opened the bag and threw the leading owls out of the window before opening the door.

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People's Daily Online-Men Hunting Owls: Six owls were killed and sentenced to 7 years in prison.