Azerbaijan to increase fines for illegal hunting tenfold

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources is taking measures to increase fines for illegal hunting, Hikmat Alizadeh, head of the ministry's State Environmental Security Service, said at the Expert Hour.

Report quotes him as saying there is a plan to increase fines for hunting certain species of animals, especially wild animals, and even some species up to 10 times: "I think that we will increase fines shortly."