Photo: sandiegozoo.org The State Duma will discuss in the first reading a presidential bill that would tighten the exploitation of wild animals, including tigers, leopards and other rare and endangered species of wild animals and fish in the Red Book of the Russian Federation or the protection of international treaties. ITAR-TASS.
The largest number of violations in this area is carried out "with respect to a limited number of species of animals," according to the explanatory note.
So, in a year, according to various estimates, illegally extracted from 30 to 50 individuals of a tiger. The total damage of up to 25 million rubles. Illegal hunting of birds such as the falcon, saker falcon, peregrine falcon, is 1200 individuals per year. Damage is estimated at about 240 million rubles.
The bill provides for the responsibility for the illegal production and trafficking of such animals in the form of compulsory labor for up to 480 hours, or correctional labor up to two years of forced labor or up to 3 years with a fine of up to one million rubles, or imprisonment for up to 3 years with a fine of up to $ 1 million.
Officials would face prison terms of up to 5 years with a fine of up to 2 million rubles, and if the act was committed by an organized group, its members can be imprisoned for up to 7 years. Introduced and the confiscation of money and property derived from the commission of the crime.
At the same time in the Code of Administrative Offences increased fines /up to 1 million rubles for legal entities /for the "destruction of rare and endangered species of animals or plants."
"Taking into account the social and environmental consequences of offenses against the Red Book or protected by international treaties animal species, the proposed changes are highly relevant" - Emphasized in the conclusion of the State Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Ecology.
