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21st October 2026 Three men have been convicted of hare coursing in what is believed to be Hertfordshire’s first successful prosecution for the offence. The convictions follow an incident at Hunsdon Airfield on November 22, 2025, when police were called to reports of hare coursing involving a silver Nissan Qashqai. Officers detained three men at …
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14th October 2026 Two Blaenau Gwent men have been sentenced after admitting taking part in illegal hare coursing. Two Blaenau Gwent men have been sentenced to do unpaid work for their local community after they admitted taking part in illegal hare coursing near Cheltenham. Three other men accused of being part of a group which …
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13th October 2026 Three men have been charged with offences relating to hare coursing, following an investigation by our Rural Engagement Team. The trio, all from Kent, were initially arrested in the Bardfield area on 30 August by rural engagement officers and colleagues from Uttlesford Neighbourhood Policing Team following reports of hare coursing in the …
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7th October 2026 A man has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order after being caught hare coursing in West Lancashire and Chorley. Last year, on Sunday, October 5, Lancashire Police’s South Rural Task Force received reports of two men, with lurcher type dogs, believed to be hare coursing on private land in Ormskirk and …
7th October 2026 Two South Wales men have been sentenced to do unpaid work for their local community after they admitted taking part in illegal hare coursing near Cheltenham. Three other men accused of being part of a group which went equipped for hare coursing with the guilty pair have denied involvement and are to …
5th October 2026 A Man from North Wales is to pay more than £1,000 after hare coursing in Lancashire. Joel Miller pleaded guilty to two counts each of trespassing with intent to pursue hares with dogs, and hunting a wild mammal with dogs, at Burnley Magistrates Court on September 29. Miller, 29, of Bryn Crescent, …
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28th September 2026 Three men have been arrested on suspicion of hare coursing in Lancashire. On Saturday morning South Rural Taskforce received reports of three males hare coursing in Halsall in Ormskirk. Hare coursing is the illegal blood sport of using sighthounds, like greyhounds or lurchers, to chase, catch, and kill live hares. They attended …
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18th September 2026 A man who used his pets to hunt and kill wild animals, including deer and hares, has been jailed and banned from keeping dogs for 15 years. Connor Bradshaw, 27 from Stockton, was jailed for a year after admitting wildlife offences uncovered through information from animal protection charity Naturewatch Foundation. Bradshaw repeatedly …
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15th September 2026 "It's horrible. It's just pure animal cruelty," says a farmer in east Kent who found 22 dead hares laid out in rows in a field. "Some of those hares would have been feeding their young which will now die as well." The farmer, who we are calling Sarah, asked not be be …
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26th August 2026 Six men have had hare coursing charges against them dropped. Officers responded to reports of cars reportedly involved in the illegal activity near Ludgershall, Wiltshire, in April. One vehicle was stopped by police following a pursuit on the A303 in Hampshire. Paddy Cash, Patrick Connors, John Nicholson, Albert Smith, Joseph Smith and …
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