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Causa DM-112-412

Andorra
Tribunal de Corts
National - lower court

FFGC had an orchard in the town of Les Bons (Encamp), with a house where chickens and rabbits were housed. In January 2012, FFGC found that a wild animal had made a hole under the fence and killed 7 chickens. She decided to place a trap to capture the wild animal.

United States of America v Duke

United States of America
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
National - higher court
Criminal
1958

This is a criminal case in which a tremendous effort to smuggle psittacine (parrot) birds into the United States from the Republic of Mexico was exposed. There is a quarantine against the importation of such species into the United States. The indictment was in ten counts. Three separate conspiracies were charged (Counts 1, 4, and 7).

AG v Yeung Sun-Shun Lee Ming-Sun Hong Kong

China
Court of Appeal
National - higher court
1987

As a result of an earlier ruling, namely reversing the verdict of acquittal of the District Judge and recording a conviction against both respondents, it is now the task of the Court of Appeal ("the Court") to impose such sentence as is proper in the circumstances.

The Peoples Procuratorate of Guangzhou City Guangdong Province v. Chen Yonglin and Chen Zupei

China
The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou City
National - lower court
Criminal
1987

On November 3 1987, the People's Procuratorate of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province instituted a public prosecution in the Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou City against the defendants, Chen Yonglin and Chen Zupei, on charges of smuggling of giant panda pelt.

R v Henry Azadehdel

United Kingdom
Court of Appeal
National - higher court
Criminal
1989

The appellant pleaded guilty to various offences consisting of dealing with specimens of rare orchids,which were protected by regulations made in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

State v Da Costa

Namibia
High Court of Namibia
National - higher court
Criminal
1991

The appellant met Mr. Muller through his business of an electrical contractor. They became to know each other for more than ten years. During this period, the appellant saw some ivory in Muller's house, which might have encouraged the appellant to offer an illegal ivory deal to Muller.

R v Rolf Hermann Sperr

United Kingdom
Court of Appeal
National - higher court
Criminal
1991

The appellant pleaded guilty to being knowingly concerned in fraudulently evading the prohibition on the importation of a prohibited species of endangered falcon. He was stopped while entering the country with his car, which was found to contain four young birds of prey, Gyr falcons, worth between GBP 10,000 - 15,000 each.

Attorney General v Abdul Karim Winyi

Uganda
Supreme Court of Uganda
National - higher court
1992

This appeal concerns the fate of four chimpanzees, brought from Zaire (in today's Democratic Republic of the Congo) by the Respondent. The animals are still in custody of the Uganda authorities, having been seized at Entebbe Airport as they were about to be exported to Dubai.

United States of America v Mitchell

United States of America
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
National - higher court
Criminal
1994

A grand jury indicted Richard Mitchell ("Mitchell"), an employee of the Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") of the United States Department of the Interior, for violating 18 U.S.C. § 545 by smuggling the horns and hides of illegally hunted animals into the United States.

R v Canning

United Kingdom
Court of Appeal
National - higher court
Criminal
1996

The appellant was convicted of one count of keeping and offering for sale a peregrine falcon and six counts of selling such birds, contrary to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement)Regulations 1985.

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