Man arrested after placing 50 dead animals outside local shop
Date of alert:
Monday, 1 April 2024
Crime Ref:
Force:
Hampshire Constabulary
A man has been arrested in connection with an incident where a number of dead animals were left outside a shop in Broughton, Chester, UK.
The police from Hampsire and Isle of Wight were called on the morning of Friday March 15, after around 50 dead hares, a kestrel and a barn owl were found outside a Broughton Community Shop.
Part of the enquiries included examinations of the barn owl and kestrel. These examinations revealed that both birds had been shot with a firearm.
Both the kestrel and the barn owl are listed under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, giving them legal protection.
On Thursday, March 28, officers arrested a 37-year-old man from Totton on suspicion of the following offences:
Criminal damage;
- Night poaching;
- An offence under the Public Order Act;
- Killing of a Schedule 1 bird;
- An offence under the Animal Welfare Act;
- Killing of Brown Hare in the closed season;
- An offence under the Firearms Act.
