Cambridgeshire Police's chief constable previously apologised for what he described as a failure to deal with rural crime Four people - including a13-year-old boy - have pleaded guilty to being ...

A man has been given a 10 year court order banning him from having a dog off lead and carrying a catapult or air weapon ...

NFU Cymru has welcomed new sentencing guidelines which ‘better reflect the seriousness of illegal hare coursing activities ...

When the Government announced its latest round of restrictions, coursing was delisted, leading to the cancellation of pre-planned events. Coursing events had been allowed to take place during the ...

Poachers and legal coursers join forces to oppose the ban Illegal poachers and legal hare coursers have rarely seen eye to eye, but the Hunting Bill which takes effect in February 2005, has united ...

The High Court will next week hear an application by the Irish Coursing Club for an injunction allowing coursing activities to resume. The club is seeking the injunction, in its judicial review ...

New measures to tackle hare coursing, an illegal activity where dogs are used to chase and kill hares, are now in force. Anyone caught hare coursing will now face an unlimited fine and up to six ...

Farmers in Essex have welcomed a renewed police crackdown on hare coursing gangs, after police unveiled a series of measures aimed at tackling the growing ...

The High Court has been told it is “unsafe in the current climate” to allow coursing take place and the Government is fully entitled not to allow the sport go ahead. It is untrue to say coursing is ...

The Irish Coursing Club has asked the High Court to hear its application for an injunction allowing its activities to re-commence as a matter of urgency. The ICC's Martin Hayden told the High Court on ...