Rural Life
Four men charged with hare coursing offences in Lincolnshire
Four men have been charged with hare coursing offences after Lincolnshire Police received several reports from the Common Drove area...
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38 results for: hare coursing
Rural Life
3 men charged with hare coursing and livestock worrying
Three men have been charged in connection with hare coursing, being in charge of a dog worrying livestock and trespassing...
Agri-Business
3 people arrested for hare coursing in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Police’s rural crime action team has arrested three offenders following reports of hare coursing. In a Facebook post yesterday...
Government
Home Secretary urged to support police in tackling hare coursing
Conservative MP Rob Butler has raised the issue of hare coursing in the House of Commons and urged Home Secretary...
Rural Life
Suspected hare coursing: Six arrested after high-speed chase
Six men have been arrested on suspicion of hare coursing following a high-speed car chase with Wiltshire police in the...
Rural Life
Southwest farmer highlights severity of hare coursing in rural England
A Gloucestershire farmer, appearing anonymously in a video posted by Gloucestershire’s Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, has highlighted the...
Government
New legislation to tackle illegal hare coursing
Plans to strengthen the powers to tackle hare coursing were set out by government today (Tuesday, January 4). The amendments...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Hare coursing clubs aid conservation
I respond to the letter titled: ‘Government is far from eco-aware’ regarding hare coursing. The writer makes a number of...
Rural Life
Government set to introduce new legislation on hare coursing
The government has pledged to crack down on illegal hare coursing with the introduction of new legislation, following intense lobbying...
Rural Life
1,000 Lincolnshire hare coursing incidents reported in just 7 months
Police in Lincolnshire have said more than 1,000 hare coursing incidents were reported across the county over a period of...
Rural Life
Hare coursing group caught out by new database banned from Cambs farmland
Four men have been handed County Court injunctions to prevent them from hare coursing in Cambridgeshire. Denny Loveridge, James Crickmore,...
Environment
Illegal hare-coursing event spurs call for action
Rural campaigners are calling for action after footage emerged on social media of what is being described as an illegal...
Rural Life
Hare coursers arrested following chase involving helicopter
Five people have been arrested for hare coursing following an incident which involved a police chase and an air support...
Rural Life
Countryside Alliance aims to tackle hare poaching
More needs to be done to tackle the growing issue of hare poaching – or coursing – according to the...
N.Ireland
Bird flu: Northern Ireland to lift housing order for poultry
The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir has announced that the compulsory bird flu housing measures for...
Rural Life
CLA finds 'large disparity' in funding for UK rural crime teams
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has found a “large disparity” in rural crime team funding, with some UK...
Rural Life
Tech investment to make rural Hampshire 'impenetrable' for criminals
Investment in specialist resources and technology will make rural Hampshire and the Isle of Wight “impenetrable” to criminals. This is...
Rural Life
Essex rural team recovers £80k of stolen machinery
Essex Police’s rural engagement team has returned more than £80,000 of stolen machinery to its owners after locating it on...
