{"id":25776,"date":"2007-02-16T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:35","slug":"776-thirteen-jailed-in-china-s-biggest-wild-animal-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/776-thirteen-jailed-in-china-s-biggest-wild-animal-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen jailed in China&#8217;s biggest wild animal case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span>Ma Weihu, a native of northwest China&#8217;s Gansu province, received a 14-year sentence and a fine of 100,000 yuan (US$12,800) for illegally buying around 900 owls, a Grade-II state protected animal, and selling them to restaurants in south China&#8217;s Guangdong Province, said the report.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Twelve others were handed jail terms ranging from five to 13 years.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>They bought more than 4,000 owls in total, mainly in Ningxia, and sold the birds to Guangdong between August 2005 and April 2006.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\nSee <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/environment\/200306.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"500\" src=\"\/UserFiles\/Image\/owl.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ogcodes\/120056167\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MG Jefferies<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen people in northwest China have been sent to prison for illegally buying and selling thousands of state-protected owls, reported Xinhua on Friday, calling it the largest ever case of its 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