The length of macaque is 5 1-63 cm. It is a typical macaque animal with a short tail and cheek pouches. Their bodies are stout, with an average length of about 50 cm. Their forelimbs and hind limbs are about the same length, their thumbs can be opposite to the other four fingers, they can grasp things flexibly, their foreheads are low and their edges are prominent. The head is brown, the back is brownish gray or brownish yellow, the lower part is orange or orange red, and the abdomen is grayish yellow. A wide range of habitats, grasslands, swamps and various forests. Mainly inhabit rocky mountain cliffs, ravines by streams, dense forests along rivers or sparse rocky mountains, and live in groups. Divide into dozens or even hundreds of large groups. They feed on leaves, branches, wild vegetables, birds, eggs, insects and other small animals. When they touch each other, they will make various sounds or gestures, and grooming each other is also an important social activity. Macaques are adaptable, easy to domesticate and breed, and close to human beings in physiology, and are often used in various medical experiments. Wild hunting is the main threat to macaques. It is distributed in Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India and southern China.
2. What level of wildlife protection does this animal belong to?
Included in the list of national key protected wild animals in China,
Endangered species listed in the Red Book of Endangered Animals in China.
It is listed in IUCN Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN) 2008, VER 3. 1- Low Risk (LC).
It has been listed in Appendix II of the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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4.XXX was sentenced for selling wild animals. (Briefly summarize a case, case number, anonymity of the suspect and sentencing)
In criminal judgment, Zhang Guoqiang, the crime of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals was pronounced in the first instance.
Case number: (2020) Shaanxi 7 102 No.32 at the beginning of the punishment.
On March 5, 2008 1 1, the defendant Zhang Guoqiang got in touch with the bus driver Liu Moujia (sentenced) and arranged for Zhang Mouyi (sentenced) to take a bus from Chengdu to Nanyang, responsible for escorting macaques who were going to take the bus back to Nanyang, Henan. At about 12: 20 on the same day, Liu Moujia stopped when the vehicle drove to Shuangqiaozi outside Chengdu North Bus Station as agreed in advance. Defendant Zhang Guoqiang and another man loaded 28 macaques into the bus warehouse, and charged defendant Zhang Guoqiang the freight 400 yuan. At about 1 o'clock the next morning, the vehicle was seized by the Forest Public Security Bureau of Lantian County Public Security Bureau when it arrived at Qinghe Timber Inspection Station. Appraised by Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, the 28 macaques involved in the case are all national second-class protected wild macaques. The public prosecution agency submitted relevant evidence to prove that the defendant Zhang Guoqiang, together with Zhang Mouyi and Liu Moujia, illegally transported 28 national second-class wild protected animals, and the circumstances were particularly serious. His behavior has violated the first paragraph of Article 341 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), with clear criminal facts and sufficient evidence. Therefore, the defendant Zhang Guoqiang should be investigated for criminal responsibility for the crime of illegally transporting precious and endangered wild animals. Draw punishment according to law.
We believe that the defendant Zhang Guoqiang illegally transported 28 national second-class protected wild animals macaques without the approval of the relevant departments, and the circumstances were particularly serious. His behavior has violated the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 341 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), which constitutes the crime of illegally transporting precious and endangered wild animals, and is a joint crime with Zhang Mouyi and Liu Moujia. The fact that the public prosecutor accused the defendant Zhang Guoqiang of the crime of illegally transporting precious and endangered wild animals and was convicted. Defendant Zhang Guoqiang and his defenders argued that Zhang Guoqiang had no intention to illegally transport precious and endangered wild animals subjectively, and objectively did not transport monkeys. After investigation, after investigation, it was found that _ China, China, China, China, China, China, China, China and China 200' s defense opinion that the existing evidence put forward by the defender cannot prove that the macaques involved are wild macaques or artificially domesticated macaques, and the macaques domesticated by macaque trainers do not infringe the legal interests protected by the first paragraph of Article 341 of the Criminal Law. Article 1 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Destruction of Wild Animal Resources stipulates: "Precious and endangered wild animals as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 341 of the Criminal Law include the national first-and second-class protected wild animals listed in the List of National Key Protected Wild Animals, the wild animals listed in Appendices 1 and 2 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and the above-mentioned domesticated and propagated species." This article stipulates that the rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection include wild animals and domesticated and bred animals, so the above defense opinions are not adopted. To sum up, according to the provisions of Article 341, paragraph 1, Article 25, paragraph 1, Article 52, Article 53 and Article 64 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as the Criminal Law) and Articles 1, 2 and 3, paragraph 2 (1) of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Destruction of Wildlife Resources, the verdict is as follows: the defendant Zhang Guoqiang committed illegal transportation.