A caretaker at a Giant Panda protection centre in southern China is being investigated for killing and eating endangered birds.The Chinese government is known to strictly enforce wildlife conservation laws.

According to the Beijing Youth Daily, the man, identified only by his surname He, cooked and ate eagles and other protected species of birds then posted the photos of his crimes on WeChat, a popular social messaging app.

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An online friend later exposed his illegal activity on Chinese social networking site Weibo (China's version of Twitter). Ironically, the suspect is reported to have met the friend named Liu at a forum on wildlife protection, which they are both part of.

After Liu discovered the images that He posted on WeChat, he immediately took action and reported him. With the caption:"This is too delicious", He posted pictures of two eagles and skinned birds in bowls on his WeChat account. Liu reposted these photos.

He's acts are illegal. In China, keeping and killing endangered animals is prohibited under the country's wild animal conservation law. He is a caretaker for pandas at the Bifengxia Panda Base in Yaan, Sichuan province. After He was confronted about his crimes, he denied the allegations, saying that the depicted birds were rescued and then released into the wild.

China is known to impose penalties on people found guilty of crimes such as hunting, killing, selling or purchasing animals under the "national key protected wild animal list." Falcons, eagles and other endangered wildlife, are included on the list of protected animals. 

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