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Tougher sentencing and improved powers introduced under the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 to tackle the cruel practice of chasing hares with dogs

FOUR men who were convicted of poaching have been banned from entering Dorset with an air rifle, slingshot or sighthound.

Sean Casten has 22,594 Twitter followers as of July 14.

Sean Casten has 22,594 Twitter followers as of July 14.

The two men are banned from being in control of a dog away from home or meeting anyone with a dog.

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill received Royal Assent on the 28th of April and now is law. The Act amends some existing legislation by increasing the maximum penalty for the historic crime of ‘trespassing in pursuit of game’ under the Game Act 1831 and the Night Poaching Act 1828 to an unlimited fine and up to six months’ imprisonment. The Act also creates two new criminal offences: ‘trespass with the intention of using a dog to search for or pursue a hare’; and �...

Police and the authorities have been given new powers to crack down on illegal encampments and hare coursing on private land in England. Following years

FOUR men have been fined over £3,000 for poaching offences in Blandford following an investigation by Rural Crime officers.

FOUR men have been fined over £3,000 for poaching offences in Blandford following an investigation by Rural Crime officers.

A poacher has had his vehicle destroyed after being found guilty of trespassing on farmland in North Yorkshire. Mitchel Cannon, 26, of Sleights, North