Is it illegal to catch a sparrow, and is it illegal to catch a sparrow?

It is illegal to catch a sparrow, because sparrows are three-dimensional animals and cannot be caught at will under the protection of the state. According to the relevant laws and regulations, it is illegal to catch one (article) without permission, and 20 (articles) constitutes a crime, which is the crime of illegal hunting.

Legal basis] Article 341 of the Criminal Law.

Anyone who illegally hunts or kills rare or endangered wildlife under key national protection, or illegally purchases, transports, or illegally purchases rare or endangered wildlife under key national protection and the products thereof, is sentenced to up to five years imprisonment or short-term detention and a concurrent fine; where the circumstances are serious, a sentence of between 5 and 10 years imprisonment and a concurrent fine is to be given; where the circumstances are especially serious, a sentence of 10 or more years imprisonment and a concurrent fine or confiscation of property is to be given.

Whoever violates hunting laws and regulations by hunting in prohibited areas, during prohibited hunting periods, or by using prohibited tools or methods, destroying wildlife resources, and the circumstances are serious, is to be sentenced to up to three years imprisonment, short-term detention, controlled release, or a fine.

Where regulations on the protection and management of wildlife are violated by illegally hunting, purchasing, transporting, or naturally growing and breeding terrestrial wildlife in the wild other than those provided for in the first paragraph of ** for the purpose of consumption, and the circumstances are serious, punishment is to be given in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Violate the law. Sparrows are national "three haves" protected animals, and they are also national general protected wild animals, and any act of killing, **, and eating sparrows is illegal. China's criminal law stipulates that it is a crime to catch more than 20 wild sparrows without permission.

[Legal basis].Article 341 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China.

Anyone who illegally hunts or kills rare or endangered wildlife under key national protection, or illegally purchases, transports, or illegally purchases rare or endangered wildlife under key national protection and the products thereof, is sentenced to up to five years imprisonment or short-term detention and a concurrent fine; where the circumstances are serious, a sentence of between 5 and 10 years imprisonment and a concurrent fine is to be given; where the circumstances are especially serious, a sentence of 10 or more years imprisonment and a concurrent fine or confiscation of property is to be given.

Breaking the law, because sparrows belong to the "three haves" animals.

Three animals refer to wild animals with important ecological, scientific and social value, they include sparrows, frogs, geckos, toads, pheasants, hares and a variety of snakes totaling more than 1,700 species, for the "three animals", China's Criminal Law and relevant laws and regulations, privately catching one (article) is suspected of violating the law, and 20 (articles) constitute a crime.

Legal basis] Article 66 of the Provisions of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security on the Standards for Filing and Prosecution of Criminal Cases under the Jurisdiction of Public Security Organs (1) provides that anyone who violates hunting laws and regulations by hunting in prohibited areas, during prohibited hunting periods, or by using prohibited tools or methods, destroying wildlife resources, and is suspected of any of the following circumstances, shall be prosecuted:

1) Illegally hunting 20 or more wild animals;

2) Hunting using prohibited tools or prohibited methods in a game reserve;

3) Using prohibited tools or prohibited methods for hunting during the hunting ban period;

4) Other situations where the circumstances are serious.

Article 341 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, violating hunting laws and regulations by hunting in prohibited areas, during prohibited hunting periods, or using prohibited tools or methods, destroying wildlife resources, and the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, short-term detention, controlled release or a fine.