A council has said it has seen a large increase in stray lurcher dogs being rescued in the past three years. Wiltshire Council said more than 20 lurchers, predominately associated with hare coursing, ...

An police search through the fields of Wiltshire has led to two men from Surrey being charged with hare coursing.

Police show the Guardian around hotspots for a rural crime that has links to international gangs – and is on the rise ...

An earlier than usual harvest has led to an increase in reports of hare coursing in north east Scotland, say police. The illegal activity involves dogs chasing, catching and killing hares on open ...

Ball, 34, of Queensway North, Hersham and Smith 31, of Cobbetts Close, Normandy, both Surrey, have been charged with being ...

A man has become the first in Scotland to be sentenced under new legislation. He admitted to hare coursing, during which his dog attacked and injured a deer. Nickolas Chenier was hare coursing with ...

Detectives have charged 25 individuals as part of an ongoing investigation into hare coursing and violent disorder that took place across Cambridgeshire in one month. The charges follow a series of co ...