Deer shot in face with crossbow bolt in a 'terrible act'

Several men with the weapon have been seen in Forest of Dean woodland

Hare coursing suspects detained after chase near Nunthorpe

Two men have been issued with community protection warnings following reports of hare coursing on farmland.

Three men arrested for trespassing to hunt game

Three men have been arrested for trespassing to hunt game in a Buckinghamshire town.

Three suspected hare coursers arrested, dog and car seized after ending up in ditch

Three men suspected of hare coursing were arrested by Lincolnshire rural crime officers on Wednesday after driving their 4x4 into a ditch.

Lancashire poaching taskforce gets award for halving hare coursing

A police taskforce set up to combat poaching has received an accolade after reports of hare coursing more than halved over two years.

Two hare coursers handed Criminal Behaviour Orders, Crowland

Two men charged with hare coursing offences in Crowland have been handed Criminal behaviour Orders, and ordered to pay costs.

North Beds MP steps up campaign against barbaric hare coursers

Richard Fuller MP says more can be done on coursing and wider rural crime

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).

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.