河南大學生因掏鳥窩竟獲刑十年!

A college student was sentenced to jail terms of ten years and six months for hunting 12 endangered birds during his summer vacation, according to a local court in Zhengzhou on Wednesday.

週三，根據鄭州市某地方法院的裁決，一名大學生因暑假期間抓了12只瀕危鳥類而獲刑十年半。

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 ten were sold via the internet for more than 1,000 yuan (about 156.3 U.S. dollars).

位於中國中部的河南省輝縣市法院獲知，閆某出生於1994年，是河南省會鄭州的一名在校大學生，其於7月14日與朋友王某一起捕捉了12只燕隼。其中一隻小鳥死亡，一隻逃跑。剩下10只通過網絡售賣，售得共1000多元（約156.3美元）。

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 also illegally bought a crested goshawk. Crested goshawk and Eurasian hobby are both Class-B protected animals in China.

兩人於7月27日又捕捉了兩隻燕隼和兩隻獵鷹，之後兩人被輝縣市森林公安局拘留。閆某曾非法購買過一隻鳳頭鷹。在中國，鳳頭鷹和燕隼都屬於國家二級保護動物。

The court fined Yan 5,000 yuan for illegally hunting endangered wild animals and another 5,000 yuan for trading such animals, and sentenced him to ten and a half years imprisonment. They fined Wang 5,000 yuan, and sentenced him to jail terms of ten years for poaching.

閆某因非法捕狩瀕危野生動物，法院對其處以5000元罰款，又因閆某涉嫌交易此類動物，對其額外處以5000元罰款，並判處10年半有期徒刑。王某因非法狩獵被處以5000元罰款，並被判處10年有期徒刑。

Both men appealed after the ruling, but the Intermediate People's Court of Xinxiang city upheld the verdict of Huixian court, citing "gross violation" in the case.

二人在判決之後都提起上訴，但新鄉市中級人民法院支持輝縣市法院的判決，認爲此案件屬於“情節嚴重”，不算重判。