11 animal poachers held
Source: Xinhua |
October 16, 2012, Tuesday
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POLICE yesterday said they arrested 11 people for allegedly poaching endangered animals in a central China virgin forest, while seizing a large number of bear parts and antelope corpses.
A joint operation by police in Hubei and Hunan provinces found that the suspects used electric nets to illegally trap endangered animals in the Shimen Forests near Wufenghouhe Nature Reserve on the border of the two provinces.
Seventeen bear paws, five bear gall bladders and more than 300 kilograms of bear meat, as well as musk deer skins and antelope corpses, were seized. Police are still pursuing five other suspects.
Bear gall bladders and bear paws are widely used as expensive ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine. While most bears are under adequate protection, huge profits drive poachers to break the law.
A joint operation by police in Hubei and Hunan provinces found that the suspects used electric nets to illegally trap endangered animals in the Shimen Forests near Wufenghouhe Nature Reserve on the border of the two provinces.
Seventeen bear paws, five bear gall bladders and more than 300 kilograms of bear meat, as well as musk deer skins and antelope corpses, were seized. Police are still pursuing five other suspects.
Bear gall bladders and bear paws are widely used as expensive ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine. While most bears are under adequate protection, huge profits drive poachers to break the law.
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