On July 15, a car accident occurred in Zhongyang County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province. A leopard was found in the trunk of the vehicle involved. This incident once caused widespread public concern.
According to reports, the relevant person in charge of the Zhongyang County Forestry Bureau said that it was confirmed that the leopard was picked up by the accident driver on the roadside, but the specific cause of death is still under investigation. The police have frozen the leopard as evidence, waiting for the appraisal agency to do justice identification.
Leopard in the trunk /picture from@核桃瞳仁企鹅号
On July 16, the staff of the Propaganda Department of the Zhongyang County Party Committee told the Red Star News reporter that the relevant departments are investigating the issue, and the investigation results will be released as soon as the investigation is over. After the incident, the volunteers of the CBCGDF have been following the progress of the case. However, no further progress in the investigation of the incident has been found on the Internet.
On the morning of July 20th, the CBCGDF contacted the relevant staff of the Zhongyang County Forestry Bureau and the Zhongyang County Forest Police Station to consult on the progress of the follow-up investigation of the “dead leopard in the driver’s trunk” that occurred on July 15 , The staff of the two units both expressed “I don’t know, I have to ask the superiors for details.” A staff member of the Forestry Bureau said, "The leaders will have a meeting in the morning, and they can call for consultation after the meeting."
After the staff of the Forestry Bureau and the local police station informed the leaders of their contact information, on the afternoon of the 20th, CBCGDF volunteers called the leaders in charge of the Zhongyang County Forestry Bureau again. The county forestry bureau only cooperates with their preliminary investigation; the driver involved is followed up by the Zhongyang County Forest Police Station. You can also ask Director Zhang for the details of the case. He is in charge of this incident."
Later, during the consultation process by the volunteers on the matter, the number of Director Zhang of the Forestry Bureau of Zhonglin County was called many times, but no one answered them; the director of the local police station answered the phone twice and said "driving" or " The meeting" did not respond positively to the progress of the investigation. During this period, the relevant person in charge of the Forest Public Security Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Shanxi Luliang City explained to the volunteers: "The incident is still under investigation. As of 16:00 on July 20, the case has not been transferred to the Forest Public Security Bureau. July On the 15th, last Friday, the deputy director of the Zhongyang County Forestry Bureau came to the Municipal Forestry Public Security Bureau to report the case. The Municipal Bureau also gave business guidance and suggestions based on the relevant information provided by them." The person in charge also did not know whether any measures were taken against the driver who was found at the time, revealing that the incident is still led by the Zhongyang County Forestry Bureau and the local police station is investigating and handling it.
In recent years, incidents of "road killing", poisoning, and even poaching of leopards in Shanxi have occurred from time to time.
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3.https://www.sohu.com/a/450733374_270910
The leopard is a national first-level protected wild animal. As the top creature of the food chain, its role in the stability of the regional ecosystem is very important. Under the premise that the construction of ecological civilization has become a national strategy, it is hoped that the relevant departments of Zhongyang County, Luliang City and Shanxi Province will attach great importance to this case, investigate the cause of death of the leopard and the motivation of the driver at that time, and make the relevant results public. Play its due positive effects in protecting wild animals and local ecology, instead of procrastinating, ending up with nothing.
The CBCGDF Research Office will continue to pay attention on this incident.
Text/露尔 Review/橡树 Edited/angel
Translated by Luke Chen, Estella
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