Patrols launched to tackle poaching and rural crime

Patrols have been launched across north Wales to help protect fish populations from poaching in the run up to Christmas.

Poachers abandon dog as police probe hare coursing in Doncaster field

Suspected poachers abandoned their dog as police probed reports of hare coursing in a Doncaster field.

Farmer blasts ‘shambolic’ police response to poaching

A South Yorkshire farmer has slammed police for their “shambolic” response to a serious hare coursing incident on his farm.

Cambridge man fined more than £18k for hare coursing in Northants

Fred Holmes, of Eye in Cambridgeshire, was seen in a field in Warmington with three dogs that went onto kill a hare

Man fined nearly twenty thousand pounds after being caught in Lincolnshire using dogs to kills hares

A 60-year-old man who admitted using his dogs to hunt and kill hares in Lincolnshire has been fined more than £18,500.

Peterborough man fined for pursuit of hares offences

A Peterborough man has been fined charges totalling over £18,000 for offences related to trespassing in pursuit of hares.

Dogs seized after police called to suspected hare coursing near Calne

Officers responded to reports from members of the public that a group of males had been seen in fields with lurchers off the A361 in the Cherhill area on Sunday (5 November).

Hare coursing suspects left with nowhere to run after being tracked by drone

Three men suspected of hare coursing near Goole “had nowhere to run” after being tracked by a drone.

Deer carcass discovered in Co Tyrone after suspected poaching offence

The PSNI are investigating a report of suspected poaching after a deer carcass was found in Co Tyrone over Halloween weekend.

Video shows suspected poachers spotted by drone near Didcot

Police used a drone’s heat-detecting camera to catch a group of suspected poachers late on the evening of Friday 3rd November.

North Yorks police urge landowners and farmers to keep watch as poaching season approaches

Officers have issued warning across Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale to be aware of poachers, and the potential for massive damage to crops and livestock, and illegal use of weapons and dogs

Trio caught hare coursing near Nuneaton told cops they were out for a walk

A trio caught hare coursing near Nuneaton told police they were out for a walk.

Man arrested on suspicion of hare coursing in Dorchester

A man has been arrested and his van seized as police investigating hare coursing swooped on his vehicle

Norfolk Police arrest four men on suspicion of hare coursing in Walpole Highway

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of hare coursing.

Police catch men hare coursing and damaging crops in Warboys

Officers from Cambridgeshire Police have caught three men hare coursing and damaging crops in a rural Huntingdonshire village