Study Of The Prosecutorial Civil Litigation Of Public Interest For Protecting Wildlife

At the end of 2019,the epidemic of COVID-19 broke out.To deal with the unexpected epidemic,all sides began to make research in its “origin”.Thus,the protection of wildlife came to be a contentious issue of social concern.In 2020,the Supreme People’s Procuratorate required that the procuratorial organs probe into the prosecutorial civil litigation of public interest in order to further enhance the protection of wildlife.By means of the civil litigation of public interest or the criminal litigation with collateral civil litigation of public interest,the procuratorial organs can fight against the illegal and criminal acts concerning wildlife.Meanwhile,they can investigate and affix the civil responsibility of the infringer,strive to protect wildlife and the eco-environmental security by the roots,and maintain social public interest.However,there are still some problems existing in judicial practice,such as the limited scope of protecting wildlife,placing extra emphasis on protecting the economic value of wildlife,the defects existing in filing a litigation by the procuratorial organs,the low rate of applying punitive damage,the poor effect of the procedure of publication before the institution of a litigation,etc.Therefore,the system of the prosecutorial civil litigation of public interest for protecting wildlife should be established and improved,the scope of protecting wildlife should be expanded further,the application of replaceable renovation should be enhanced,the claims for litigation should be made wholly and reasonably,the application of punitive damage should be increased,the real effect of the procedure of publication before the institution of litigation should be emphasized.The study of the prosecutorial civil litigation of public interest for protecting wildlife contributes to enhancing the protection of wildlife,bring the function of prosecutorial supervision of the procuratorial organs into full play so as to maintain the social and public interest better.