News: Rural shock as clip shows mass illegal hare poaching event

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Rural shock as clip shows mass illegal hare poaching event​

Rural campaigners are calling for tough action after shocking footage emerged of a large illegal hare coursing event taking place on farmland.

The video, which has been shared widely on social media, shows several vehicles frantically zig-zagging over a farmer’s field in Bedfordshire. The shocking clip shows passengers leaning out of car windows filming two lurcher-type dogs chasing a hare. About 100 men were allegedly in attendance, with footage showing attendees cheering and trampling over an emerging cereal crop.

Dozens of people travelled to Bedfordshire to take part in the illegal events on Wednesday 10 November. Another video on social media shows Transit vans and 4x4S being driven through Bedford tow centre. Occupants allegedly sat on the roofs, hanging out of windows brandishing dead hares.

The local NFU said Bedfordshire Police were out using body cameras to record the incidents during the day, but due to the sheer volume of people in attendance, they found it difficult to intervene.

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It comes as rural groups were recently left disappointed after proposals to give police and the courts more powers to disrupt the crime were rejected in parliament. The suggested amendments to a new crime bill under consideration by the government tabled by the Lord Bishop of St Albans, sought to increase penalties for hare coursing. It also sought to allow the courts to disqualify offenders from owning or keeping dogs, and allow the police to recover kennelling costs for dogs that have been seized.

Full article link: https://www.farminguk.com/news/rural-shock-as-clip-shows-mass-illegal-hare-poaching-event_59339.html

 

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Hare Coursers Video - Bedfordshire

Hare coursing in Bedfordshire, involving a large number of people/vehicles which made it impossible for the police to intervene due to a lack of resources. Bedfordshire Police, created a joint scheme with Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk police to deal with rural...

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[uztrac]

Plod is useless,unless you were not wearing your mask and or have glued yourself to a road then hundreds of plods appear.When it comes to protecting the rural communities,forget it!!!!

 

[bottletopbill]

Farms are asking us to shoot any hares and deer to stop this from happening. We also are extra security for free to farms but check they are fully licensed and insured ask to see this.

 

[teslacoils]

Protected species aren't they.....

.....and I don't mean the hares.

How else could they commit so much crime and plod do nothing unless there has been a dictat from above.....