The case was initiated after the killing of a red deer in Yakutia

In Yakutia, the prosecutor's office of the Olekminsky district sent to the court the materials of a criminal case on the illegal extraction of red deer. The animal was killed in the Zharkhan National forest.

The defendants in the case are two residents of the district. It was established that in order to track down and kill the male raisin, they used a Saiga-MK rifled firearm and a boat with a motor.

During the investigation, weapons and vehicles were seized from the accused. They fully compensated for the damage caused by illegal hunting, YakutiaMedia news agency writes, citing the regional prosecutor's office.

Earlier it was reported that a foreigner was detained at the Zabaikalsky international automobile checkpoint who was trying to take 16 bear claws out of Russia. The man was traveling to China. During the inspection of his luggage, the inspector noticed unusual objects that looked like parts of a wild animal. The examination confirmed that these were dried bear claws with remnants of soft tissues weighing 300 g. According to the tourist, the claws were given to him by a friend from Russia.

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