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Swedish high court may hear bird case
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Swedish prosecutors are trying to take their case against a man who sold a decades-old stuffed bird on the Internet to the country's Supreme Court.
An appeals court agreed with the Upper Norrland District Court that the man violated laws on protecting endangered species by not getting permission from authorities before selling the stuffed goshawk online, but both courts said the man should not receive fines or a conviction because the stuffed bird, which had been in the man's family since the 1960s, was not killed through hunting.
However, prosecutor Lars Persson said the man, whose name was not released, should face criminal charges because the law is designed not only to protect endangered species but also to maintain control over the trade of endangered species. Persson said the man should face criminal charges for failing to get official permission to sell the stuffed bird.
The case has been submitted to the Supreme Court, which will now decide whether to hear the case.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Swedish prosecutors are trying to take their case against a man who sold a decades-old stuffed bird on the Internet to the country's Supreme Court.
An appeals court agreed with the Upper Norrland District Court that the man violated laws on protecting endangered species by not getting permission from authorities before selling the stuffed goshawk online, but both courts said the man should not receive fines or a conviction because the stuffed bird, which had been in the man's family since the 1960s, was not killed through hunting.
However, prosecutor Lars Persson said the man, whose name was not released, should face criminal charges because the law is designed not only to protect endangered species but also to maintain control over the trade of endangered species. Persson said the man should face criminal charges for failing to get official permission to sell the stuffed bird.
The case has been submitted to the Supreme Court, which will now decide whether to hear the case.
