Derbyshire Rural Crime Team officers have rescued three horses in poor condition from wasteland near Matlock.

Countryside Alliance and local hunts campaigned against a ban proposed by a group called Action Against Foxhunting.

Warwickshire Police said today (Thursday) that they are investigating the matter and want witnesses to come forward.

Wiltshire Police's Rural Crime Team are reminding people to be vigilant but not to panic after the "suspicious incident" in the early hours of the night on Friday, September 9.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a vehicle theft in a Derbyshire village – following a spate of similar crimes in recent weeks.

“As a rural and wildlife crime officer for Surrey Police, I have witnessed some devastating acts of animal cruelty over the years. This was one of the most difficult cases I’ve seen,”

SEVERAL equestrian items were stolen in a raid on a stable over the weekend.

Following enquiries by Dorset Police’s Rural Crime Team, a 20-year-old man from the Dorchester area was arrested on suspicion of theft of a horse and tack. He has been released under investigation.

POLICE have launched an appeal for information after a horse was allegedly stolen from a farm and returned to its owner with injuries.

Horses have been stabbed in what is believed to have been a horrific bid to kill them. The horses were in a paddock and found covered in blood with deep wounds.

“This has to stop”, were the words of a police officer, as he appealed for information on the slashing of a horse, in one of a series of “despicable events”.

NWP's Rural Crime team have made an appeal after an apparent series of incidents at a field on Plas Bennion Road in Pen-y-cae.

Two stolen horse boxes have been recovered by police.

On Tuesday (July 12), Thames Valley Police’s Rural Crime Taskforce reunited a resident with her stolen horse trailer.

POLICE are investigating after lockers were broken into at during an event and horse riding accessories were stolen.