Rural crime

"Poachers do not come to catch game to take for the pot. It is a sport to them. It is a killing machine."

Derbyshire Rural Crime Team confirmed they had arrested a man with 6 counts of handling stolen goods

Dyfed-Powys Police said over 70 ewes had been stolen from enclosed farmland in the area of Merthr Cynog toward the Upper Chapel

Sian Rees, a farmer from Llanrhidian, said she had lost 40 cows on the roads alone since 2021

Warwickshire Rural Crime Team said they made the offenders clean up the rubbish they had fly-tipped close to the Packington Estate

The Environment Agency said Roger Baker had deposited the waste at a farm in Exeter but then failed to remove it after over five years

North Wales Police said they suspect a dog had entered the pen and 'frightened' the sheep to death

Detective constable David Hall of the North Wales Police Economic Crime Unit said the actions of the defendants could have ‘far-reaching consequences' due to traceability issues

Former Defra Secretary Therese Coffey said The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill could provide police with more powers to detain and seize dogs after livestock attacks

NFU Mutual said it has provided funds for the officer - specifically targeting livestock thefts - to join the National Rural Crime Unit