Federal Police (PF) indicted two civil servants and two representatives of BioParque, in Rio de Janeiro, after investigation into 18 giraffes that were illegally imported from the South Africa. The accused will respond for crimes that go against environmental legislation. The Federal Public Ministry (MPF) received, last week, the final report on the investigation, which may be presented against the accused.
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The investigation began in January this year after three of the 18 imported giraffes died. The BioParque Zoo made the import request for the animals. Before belonging to the Cataratas Group, the park was managed by the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, but, in 2016, it transferred management to the group.
The animals arrived in Brazilian territory in November last year and went to the shed of the Hotel Resort Safari Portobello
Because of this situation, theinstitute Brazilian Agency for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) fined the park, later the MPF stated that the import violated international import terms. Bioparque was asked to return the other 15 giraffes, but this never happened. The lawsuit against criminals is being filed by Forum National Protection and Defense animal and for theAgency of News in Rights Animals (walk), through state courts.
The zoo alleges that the importation followed the correct norms for the importation of animals, according to the institution, Ibama would have authorized the procedure and the Iinstitute State ofEnvironment (Inea) would have inspected the Mangaratiba resort and approved the site.
The processhe wasinstitutedustermsfrom thelaw Federal 9.605/1998, known as the Law of crimes Environmental.You employees they were identified as authorsof crime “false or misleading statement, omit the truth, withhold information or technical-scientific data inprocedures of authorization or in environmental licensing“. If convicted, the penalty is one to three years in prison and a fine.
Bioparque employees will answer for “practice act of abuse, mistreatment, hurt or maim animals“. Despite the variation of three months to one year in prison, there is an increase when death occurs and other animals are involved.
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