Crackdown hits abusers of forest resources

Chinese police have handled more than 36,000 cases after launching a nationwide crackdown in April that targeted illegal logging, as well as the hunting and trading of wild animals, officials announced on Tuesday.

Law enforcement officials under the State Forestry and Grassland Administration seized wood, wild animals and related products, worth a combined 300 million yuan ($46.4 million).

The crackdown, code named Spring Thunder, also covered the forgery of government documents approving logging and wild animal domestication and breeding.