Gloucestershire Police is urging people in the area to be vigilant and to report any suspicious activity immediately

Last month, the Cotswold Hunt was suspended by the British Hound Sports Association after footage aired of an alive fox thought to have been buried by the hunt in a bag underground.

Rural crime thefts are often from farms, woodland and domestic rural locations as well as building sites, and range from sit-on mowers and quad bikes up to very large plant and construction machinery.
There are a number of measures you can take to deter thieves, prevent your property being taken and to get it back safely if it is.

A HUNT based in Gloucestershire has been suspended after claims that a fox was buried alive.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man found guilty of waste offences on a Cotswolds farm after he didn't show up to court.

Tourists captured the animal on camera in a field next to the A40 in the Forest of Dean.

Police are investigating after a large wooden stable block in Glastonbury caught fire at 3 o'clock this morning (Wednesday).

A person who says they are a relative of the victim claimed police told the family it was possibly a stray bullet from poachers. It’s well-known that poachers come from a wide area to hunt boar and deer in the Forest with high-velocity rifles.

Students at the prestigious university, dubbed “Oxbridge for farmers”, were also accused by local animal groups of throwing dead hares at passing cars.

Police arrested a man earlier this week following a number of burglaries in the village of Bengrove near Tewkesbury.

A MAN who set two dogs on a wild boar in the Forest and filmed them killing it has been jailed.

This is the aftermath of a nasty crash that happened near Cirencester yesterday (Tuesday).

On Wednesday (26 October) a cat named Belle had become caught in a trap near to her home in the Harrison Way area of Lydney.

Police found body armour for dogs at his home and forensics uncovered videos of his crimes.

Despite the damage to the car, the driver managed to avoid serious injury, sustaining just a cut to the arm.