Crackdown gains intensity on rhino, tiger trafficking

China is adding special focus to its effort to stop the illegal trade of products derived from rhinoceroses and tigers, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Thursday.

The action, which runs until the end of December, focuses on illegal hunting - shooting or poisoning the animal - and smuggling, purchasing, transporting, mailing or selling their byproducts, including through the internet, according to the administration.

The action is aimed at creating an atmosphere in society in which people will voluntarily resist trading in rhino or tiger parts after the campaign, it said.