不列颠哥伦比亚省一名52岁的男子因购买非法的熊零件被罚款8 625美元。 A 52-year-old man from British Columbia was fined $8,625 for buying illegal bear parts.

一名来自不列颠哥伦比亚Abbotsford、Hong Tao Yang的52岁男子在科基特拉姆港省法院对三项指控认罪后,因贩运熊部分被罚款8 625美元。 A 52-year-old man from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Hong Tao Yang, was fined $8,625 for trafficking in bear parts after pleading guilty to three charges in Port Coquitlam Provincial Court. Yang于2022年和2023年在Mamele Ridge被不列颠哥伦比亚省保护官员处特工抓获,在那里他购买了熊爪和膝盖盖,尽管有人警告说这些是非法的。 Yang was caught in undercover operations by the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service in Maple Ridge in 2022 and 2023, where he purchased bear paws and knee caps despite being warned they were illegal. 法院指出,此类行动助长了野生生物的贩运。 The court noted that such actions contribute to wildlife trafficking.