Police nab poachers; electricity used in kills

Police in Shaanxi province have cracked a large group of poachers on Taibai Mountain in the northern Qinling Mountains. Wild animals were electrocuted and then illegally sold in seven provinces, police said.

The network was cracked in November, with 48 suspects detained and about 1,000 wildlife carcasses found, an official told The-Paper.cn on Monday. Among the animals, were State-level protected species - 12 musk deer and four black bears.

Wang Haike, head of a criminal division of the local police station, told China National Radio that animals were poached for high profit.