Is Civet a Protected Animal? Is eating it illegal?

Masked palm civet is a common precious wild animal in South China, mainly living in forests, bushes, caves, tree caves or soil caves, and masked palm civet is an economic animal with both fur and meat. It is very doubtful whether masked palm civet is a protected animal. Is it illegal to eat it?

A brief introduction to masked palm civet

1. Masked palm civet alias

Masked palm civet, also known as striped civet, white-nosed heart and fruit cat, is a mammal of the family Pustiidae of carnivorous order.

2. The characteristics of masked palm civet

Masked palm civet has a slender body, 45-65cm long and weighs 4.5kg. Masked palm civet looks like a domestic cat, with a narrow face, a protruding nose, thick neck, large round eyes and small ears. There are 20 black and white beards on both sides of the upper back, and the head is covered with 7 black and white patches of different sizes, so it is called the flower-faced civet.

Masked palm civet has thick and short limbs, 5 toes, claws on the toes, very sharp; the palms are hairless and the flesh on the palm is thickened and elastic; the tail is stout and powerful, with a length of 30cm, accounting for about 2cm of the body length, which can play a balancing role in jumping and climbing; there are stinky glands near the anus, which will release a smell to scare off the enemy.

3. Masked palm civet distribution

Masked palm civet mainly lives in tropical or subtropical forests of Asia, which are abundant in South China where the Chinese mainland is located.

4. Masked palm civet's living habits

Masked palm civet is an omnivorous animal. He mainly eats plants, especially fruit. Unlike other carnivorous animals, masked palm civet's animal food is secondary, and rodents are masked palm civet's favorite animal food. He also eats snakes, birds, frogs, earthworms, small insects, tree branches and leaves, and occasionally eats his own feces.

Wild masked palm civet is good at climbing, is a nocturnal animal, and has the habit of going out day and night, but this habit of masked palm civet is not obvious, because the fruit beaver has miscellaneous feeding habits, tolerance to rough feeding, simple feeding method and easy to domesticate. it is also an economic animal with both fur and meat, and artificial breeding has high economic benefits.

Is masked palm civet protecting animals? Is it illegal to eat it?

1. Masked palm civet is a protected animal, which belongs to the second-class national protected animal, and masked palm civet is also listed as the "list of terrestrial wildlife under national protection that is beneficial or of important economic and scientific research value" (referred to as the "Sanyou" list of protected animals) and Appendix Ⅲ to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Masked palm civet here is wild, generally artificial breeding does not belong to.

2. Wild masked palm civet is an animal protected by the state, so he cannot be killed or eaten. According to Article 341 of the Criminal Law, whoever illegally hunts or kills precious or endangered wild animals under special state protection, or illegally buys, transports or sells precious or endangered wild animals and their products under special state protection shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine; if the circumstances are especially serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine or confiscation of property.

3. We must abide by national laws, and we must not kill wild animals casually, let alone eat them for our own selfishness. in fact, many "game" may carry a lot of bacteria or parasites because they live in the outside world. it's best not to eat it. Of course, we are talking about wild masked palm civet. At present, there are many captive masked palm civet on the market that are edible.

Third, how much is the artificially raised masked palm civet per jin?

Wild masked palm civet is protected animals can not be eaten, if you want to eat, you can buy artificial breeding masked palm civet, artificial breeding masked palm civet market price is different due to the origin, the place of sale and the market situation, the price is different. At present, it is 130-200 yuan per jin, and a medium-sized masked palm civet is about 3 kilograms, worth about 900 yuan.

The above is the relevant introduction about masked palm civet. Wild masked palm civet is very precious and belongs to state-level protected animals. We must not kill or eat it. These acts are illegal. If you catch wild animals, you must contact the relevant local departments for feedback.