Hare coursing petition

[Boysground]

Just had this sent to me. The coursing on and around Salisbury plain has been appalling this year. With numerous cars and dogs seized by a very proactive police force. But it is time for the government to think more about the rural population and the issues we have that don’t occur within the M25

Petition: Change the law to increase sentencing for Hare coursing and poaching.

Hare/deer coursing/ poaching is illegal. At present the punishment is not fit for purpose. Repeat offenders are not deterred with the small fines handed out. Increased fines and custodial sentences are required.

petition.parliament.uk

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Dont think I’ve seen it on here before

 

[Boysground]

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[Chopsy Varmint]

Just had this sent to me. The coursing on and around Salisbury plain has been appalling this year. With numerous cars and dogs seized by a very proactive police force. But it is time for the government to think more about the rural population and the issues we have that don’t occur within the M25

Petition: Change the law to increase sentencing for Hare coursing and poaching.

Hare/deer coursing/ poaching is illegal. At present the punishment is not fit for purpose. Repeat offenders are not deterred with the small fines handed out. Increased fines and custodial sentences are required.

petition.parliament.uk

If you agree please sign
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Dont think I’ve seen it on here before

It's been bad this year in my bit of East Anglia too, to the extent that it's become a habit to scan fields for car-tracks and lost dogs. A week or so ago trundling up a byway outside Cambridge in the middle of the afternoon I surprised a filthy Subaru full of big blokes and managed to get the reg number but was too wary to try to stop them. I rang the number in to the police but I don't expect anything happened. Then I saw this in the local paper and bingo, that's either the same car or an identical one:

https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/hare-coursing-in-soham-sutton-and-fulbourn-1-6404286

Then there was this twunt caught on local fields just three miles away. Idiots like him are one big reason I no longer ride a horse on the roads.

https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/hare-coursing-banning-order-main-jailed-1-6456558

 

[Boysground]

I had them drive off my land into a military exercise last week, that’s definitely not a safe thing to do. The MOD police get rather grumpy about it. We did see some on a neighbours field and posted it on our local WhatsApp I had the police on the phone within 10 minutes and on site with other units hunting them not long after my post.

As far as I can see effective communication between the police and farmers is the best way to make some progress

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[Barleycorn]

I had them drive off my land into a military exercise last week, that’s definitely not a safe thing to do. The MOD police get rather grumpy about it. We did see some on a neighbours field and posted it on our local WhatsApp I had the police on the phone within 10 minutes and on site with other units hunting them not long after my post.

As far as I can see effective communication between the police and farmers is the best way to make some progress

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The police round here used to carry a 'poacher phone', an unofficial mobile that whoever was on duty took out, and all the farmers / keepers had the number. Brilliant set up, they used to organise night operations where all the farmers / keepers went out at the same time. Of course the powers that be did away with it.

 

[Boysground]

Our WhatsApp has most of the farms in the area covered and a number of police and MOD police officers on it

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[uztrac]

Done.
Over a year ago the police managed to detain some poachers hare coursing.I witnessed this but still awaiting the court/s to arrange a trial date.