(CN) Poachers punished in Hunan

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Hu Zhiyi, a poacher of rare birds, has been sentenced to two years in prison

in Central China's Hunan Province. Hu illegally entered the Dongting Lake

area, one of China's largest habitats for winter migrating birds, with six

accomplices in October last year, taking over 460 small white-foreheaded

geese and swan geese, which are on China's preserved animal list. Most of

the birds at the lake fly northwards at this time of year.

 

This was the biggest such case in the area, according to sources with the

local police.

 

Three of Hu's accomplices were given jail sentences of eight months to one

year by the court in Yueyang, where Dongting, China's second largest

freshwater lake, is located. The others received lighter sentences such as

fines.