Hare coursing

Crack down targets trespass, social media promotion and distress caused to farmers

Wiltshire Police have named the individuals arrested in connection with hare coursing across rural land near Ludgershall

Essex grower says police need more powers to address increasingly violent incidents

Following the arrest of two men convicted of hare coursing, the police force say they will go to great measures to seize vehicles crossing private land to commit crimes

Members have been encouraged to contact the CLA on all matters related to crime, particularly as it helps in its work with police forces across the North and beyond

Police say information from farms is crucial for tackling these crimes

Sir Ed said the Government must act immediately to stop criminal gangs from 'attacking' farmers

NFU vice-president Rachel Hallos said collaboration was critical in clamping down on rural crime, agricultural thefts and hare coursing, and called on the Government to implement a national rural crime strategy

The National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) is encouraging anyone who may have been a victim of hare coursing to respond to the Ministry of Justice's online consultation

"We will simply will not accept this barbaric activity and anyone who comes to the county hare coursing can expect to face the full force of the law"