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A DOG and a car used by hare coursers were seized yesterday in the Cotswolds. Gloucestershire police s rural crime team said a new home would be found for the dog, and that the car would be crushed. A post on their Twitter page read: Another hare coursing vehicle and dog seized yesterday in the Cotswolds. The dog is off to find a new home and the car will be a beautiful drinks can soon. Hare coursing is a bloodsport where dogs are used to chase, catch and kill hares. It is illegal in the UK under the Hunting Act 2004, which makes it an offence to hunt wild mammals with dogs. Anyone convicted of the offence can receive a fine of up to £5,000.
Hunt supporters warned about coordinated data breaches
Three hunts have been hit by data leaks, with home addresses and contact details published online by anti-hunting groups, said the police
22 January 2021 • 9:00pm
Members of the New Forest Hunt arrive at Boltons Bench for the annual Boxing Day hunt in Lyndhurst, in December 2016. Since a ban stopped fox hunting with hounds, hunts have continued with dogs chasing down a pre-laid scented trail instead of a fox
Credit: Luke MacGregor/REUTERS
Police are warning hunt supporters to bolster the security of their stables and kennels after three hunts were hit by coordinated data breaches.
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1:42 PM January 22, 2021
The damaged caused to the farmer s field in Fowlmere, left and the moment the hare-coursing trio were caught by police.
- Credit: Cambs police
A trio of hare coursers have been sentenced after they caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to a Fowlmere farmer’s crops, while attempting to make off from police.
Jimmy Cole, aged 43, Chase Loveridge, 36, and 20-year-old Levi Cole, were spotted driving a silver Land Rover across a field near Cambridge Road in Fowlmere, at about 12 noon on 24 September last year.
Officers from the force’s Rural Crime Action Team were able to quickly box the car in near the junction with the A505.
A farmer who confronted hare coursers trespassing on his family’s land has demanded more protection for rural communities and wildlife – and criticised