The Rural Crime Team is working hard to reduce incidents of hare coursing. - Credit: CAMBS POLICE Cambridgeshire’s Rural Crime Team continue their crack down on hare coursers after recording their best results in six years. Over the past year (April 2020 to March 2021) the team haa responded to 1,196 incidents of hare coursing, a reduction of 16 per cent from the previous year and the lowest since 2014/15. They have seized 93 vehicles, issued 138 Community Protection Warnings, issued 17 Community Protection Notices, issued 165 dispersal notices and seized and rescued 20 dogs. A further 23 people have been summoned to court. The hare coursing season traditionally begins in September when the fields have been harvested and ploughed making them the perfect ground for the illegal blood sport.