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中国雲南省で、野生のパンダが肉と毛皮を目当てに殺された事件をめぐって、10人が警察に身柄を拘束された。中国中央テレビ局（CCTV）が5月13日に報じた。
CCTVによると、2014年12月にメスのパンダ1頭を撃ち殺したとして、警察は兄弟2人を拘束した。また、この兄弟からパンダの肉を買った人物1人の身柄も拘束した。拘束された残り7人の身元や、事件への関与は不明だという。
47NEWSによると、拘束された兄弟は自宅近くの山中にいたパンダ1頭を銃で撃ち、その肉約35キロと手足の部分を4800元（約9万2000円）で売った疑いが持たれている。
BBCは、中国ではパンダなど保護対象とされる動物を殺した場合、最大で懲役10年の刑が科されると報じている。
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パンダの赤ちゃん
みんなですやすや(01 of20)
中国四川省成都の「ジャイアントパンダ繁殖育成研究基地」のベッドで横になるパンダの赤ちゃんたち。大半がすやすやと気持ちよさそうに寝ているが、眠れずに起きてしまった子も。中国では今、パンダの頭数や生態を調べる全国調査が10年ぶりに行われている（中国四川省成都）撮影日: 2011/09/26 (credit:時事通信社)
Panda Cub's First Set Of Teeth Close To Emerge(02 of20)
SAN DIEGO, CA - OCTOBER 5: In this handout image provided by the Zoological Society of San Diego, a nine-week-old female panda cub lies on an exam table at the San Diego Zoo October 5, 2005 in San Diego, California. According to Karen Kearns, DVM, San Diego Zoo associate veterinarian, the panda\'s teeth are ready to erupt any day as four teeth on the lower jaw feel ready to emerge. The cub is also increasing strength in her front limbs as she begins to lift her upper body more. Kearns expects the cub will likely be using her rear legs to begin lifting her lower body in just a few weeks. The cub weighs approximately 7.2 pounds, a gain of nearly one pound since last week\'s exam. She measures about 1.66 feet from the tip of her nose to the end of her tail. (Photo by Ken Bohn/Zoological Society of San Diego via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Giant Panda Cub Has Her First Tooth Out(03 of20)
SAN DIEGO - OCTOBER 19: In this handout from Zoological Society of San Diego, veterinarians check the San Diego Zoo\'s unnamed female giant panda cub\'s feet during a weekly exam on October 19, 2005 in San Diego, California. Turns out the cub finally has her first tooth, a left upper molar. For a couple of weeks veterinarians could feel teeth below the gums but had not emerged until now. The cub weighs 7.78 pounds. (Photo by Tammy Spratt/Zoological Society of San Diego via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Giant Panda Cub San Diego Zoo(04 of20)
SAN DIEGO - SEPTEMBER 14: Beth Bicknese, an associate veterinarian, takes a closer look at a 6-week-old giant panda cub at the San Diego Zoo September 14, 2005 in San Diego, California. The female cub?s ear holes have opened more, allowing the cub to listen to what is happening in her surroundings with greater detail. Although the cub still cannot see, the eye slits are enlarging as well, Bicknese said. The cub weighs 4.4 pounds. (Photo by Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Researchers Care Panda At The Wolong Giant Panda Bear Research Center(05 of20)
WOLONG - JANAURY 17 : (CHINA OUT) Giant panda \'Lei Lei\' (R) laps her baby at the Wolong Giant Panda Bear Research Center on January 17, 2005 in Wolong of Sichuan province, southwest China. The center, located high in the mountains some 130 km from Chengdu, was established in 1963 primarily to protect the habitat of the giant panda. Today the center continues to care for almost 50 pandas while focusing on breeding and research on bamboo ecology. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Baby Panda Tai Shan Charms Visitors At National Zoo(06 of20)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Tai Shan (Background), the giant panda cub at the National Zoo, as his mother Mei Xiang keeps watch January 6, 2005 in Washington, DC. Tai Shan is venturing outdoors more frequently lately, especially in the early morning hours. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Baby Panda Tai Shan Charms Visitors At National Zoo(07 of20)
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 06: Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at the National Zoo, plays outside January 6, 2005 in Washington, DC. Tai Shan is venturing outdoors more frequently lately, especially in the early morning hours. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
The first public viewing day for Tai Shan, the baby panda, a(08 of20)
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 08: The first public viewing day for Tai Shan, the baby panda, at The National Zoo. PICTURED: Tai Shan lays on his stomach as crowds of people watch him. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/Washington Post/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Baby Panda Tai Shan Charms Visitors At National Zoo(09 of20)
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 06: Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at the National Zoo, plays outside on tree stumps January 6, 2005 in Washington, DC. Tai Shan is venturing outdoors more frequently lately, especially in the early morning hours. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Baby Panda Tai Shan Charms Visitors At National Zoo(10 of20)
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 06: Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at the National Zoo, plays outside on tree stumps as his mother Mei Xiang keeps watch January 6, 2005 in Washington, DC. Tai Shan is venturing outdoors more frequently lately, especially in the early morning hours. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Baby Panda Tai Shan Charms Visitors At National Zoo(11 of20)
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 06: Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at the National Zoo, plays outside on tree stumps January 6, 2005 in Washington, DC. Tai Shan is venturing outdoors more frequently lately, especially in the early morning hours. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Baby Panda Tai Shan Charms Visitors At National Zoo(12 of20)
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 06: Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at the National Zoo, plays outside on tree stumps as his mother Mei Xiang keeps watch January 6, 2005 in Washington, DC. Tai Shan is venturing outdoors more frequently lately, especially in the early morning hours. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Baby Giant Panda(13 of20)
An unidentified veterinarian at the San Diego Zoo\'s Giant Panda Research Station examines the baby giant panda born August 21 for the first time Saturday, September 4, 1999, in San Diego. San Diego Zoo and Chinese veterinarians took advantage of mother Bai Yun\'s increasing absences from the den to get their first close look at the youngster, and information received from the exam indicates that the youngster is healthy, weighing a little over 12 ounces, and a female. (Courtesy of San Diego Zoo) (credit:Getty Images)
Workers Attend To Giant Panda Cubs(14 of20)
WOLONG, CHINA - JULY 12: (CHINA OUT) A cub born by giant panda Guo Guo lies in a baby caring box at the China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center July 12, 2005 in Wolong of Sichuan Province, southwest China. Giant panda Ying Ying in the center has given birth to a set of twins, the first pair this year on July 3. On July 8, giant panda Guo Guo gave birth to the second pair of twins. According to the center, six cubs will be born in the center in the next few months. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
CH: Lack Of Tourists Aftr Earthquake At Pandas Breeding Center in Chengdu(15 of20)
CHENGDU, CHINA -JUNE 11: Baby pandas eat bamboo during feeding time at the Panda Breeding Center June, 11, 2008 in Chengdu. Tourism is at an all time low at the Panda center after the devastating earthquake that killed more than 69,000 people almost one month ago, with 17,500 classified as missing. In the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve yesterday workers buried, Mao Mao, a 9 year old panda killed in a landslide during the quake. Mao Mao is the only Panda confirmed dead while another one Xiao Xiao is still missing. Across the region the quake relief efforts are continuing but corruption remains a major concern as many question where the hundreds of millions of dollars of donations are going. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Baby Panda Tai Shan Charms Visitors At National Zoo(16 of20)
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 06: Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at the National Zoo, plays outside on tree stumps as his mother Mei Xiang keeps watch January 6, 2005 in Washington, DC. Tai Shan is venturing outdoors more frequently lately, especially in the early morning hours. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Bai Yun Gives Birth(17 of20)
Bai Yun, a female giant panda, shown in this undated file photo from the San Diego Zoo, gave birth to a cub Saturday, August 21, 1999, in San Diego. Bai Yun gave birth successfully to a cub after being artificially inseminated in April. Scientists were unable to determine the cub\'s gender. The mother can only be viewed through a special camera that allows observers to catch glimpses of the cub as it is cradled in her huge paws. (Photo by San Diego Zoological Society/CM) (credit:Getty Images)
Giant Baby Panda Hua Mei(18 of20)
The San Diego Zoo\'s 14-week-old female giant panda cub is seen during her weekly veterinary exam, November 30, 1999. The cub, who weighs 11.3 pounds, was named Hua Mei and translates to \'China-USA,\' during a ceremony Wednesday Dec. 1, 1999. (Photo by San Diego Zoo/Courtesy of Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Dogs Painted As Other Animals To Launch New China Pet Park(19 of20)
ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 05: (CHINA AND GERMANY OUT) A dog is painted as a baby giant panda during the launch of a new pet park at Dahe Mincui Park on June 5, 2010 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. The newly opened Pet Park adorned the canines to attract investors and commercial tenants including pet grooming services, pet hospitals and pet trading markets to the new venue. The 5 painted dogs were invited from China\'s southwest Sichuan province to boost the opening of the park. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Dogs Painted As Other Animals To Launch New China Pet Park(20 of20)
ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 05: (CHINA AND GERMANY OUT) A girls holds two dogs which were painted as baby giant pandas during the launch of a new pet park at Dahe Mincui Park on June 5, 2010 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. The newly opened Pet Park adorned the canines to attract investors and commercial tenants including pet grooming services, pet hospitals and pet trading markets to the new venue. The 5 painted dogs were invited from China\'s southwest Sichuan province to boost the opening of the park. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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