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Trust of India | Beijing December 2, 2015 Last Updated at
16:22 IST
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Chinese court today sentenced two persons,
including a college student, to 10 years in prison for hunting 12 endangered
birds during summer vacation and selling them online.
The court of Huixian county in central China's Henan province heard that Yan, born in 1994, was college student in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan.
He caught 12 Eurasian hobbies on July 14 last year with a friend surnamed Wang.
One of the birds died while another escaped.
The remaining 10 were sold via the internet for more than 1,000 yuan (about USD 156).
The pair caught two more Eurasian hobbies on July 27, as well as two other falcons, before they were put into custody by the forestry police bureau of Huixian county.
Yan also bought a crested goshawk illegally.
The court of Huixian county in central China's Henan province heard that Yan, born in 1994, was college student in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan.
He caught 12 Eurasian hobbies on July 14 last year with a friend surnamed Wang.
One of the birds died while another escaped.
The remaining 10 were sold via the internet for more than 1,000 yuan (about USD 156).
The pair caught two more Eurasian hobbies on July 27, as well as two other falcons, before they were put into custody by the forestry police bureau of Huixian county.
Yan also bought a crested goshawk illegally.
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