Police keep pressure on wildlife traffickers

Forestry police across Guangdong province seized 11,720 wild animals, plus 960 kilograms of wildlife products, in a special campaign carried out between March and June.

More than 50 suspects have been detained in 40 cases involving the illegal slaughter and trafficking of wildlife in the campaign, which is called Senwang 2017.

Li Wenjiang, deputy director of the Forestry Police Bureau of the Guangdong Department of Public Security, said the cases that arose during the operation were estimated to have involved products with a street value of more than 7.5 million yuan ($1.1 million).