Rural Life
Yorkshire: 5 men arrested following dog attacks on badgers
North Yorkshire Police has arrested five men after they were found with dogs attacking badgers in the Kilburn area, leaving...
Rural Crime
N.Ireland
New PSNI awareness campaign to combat rural and wildlife crime
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has launched a five-week long policing operation to raise awareness and help combat...
Rural Life
Suffolk shepherd at her wits' end after sheep attack - Police
A shepherd is at her wits’ end after one of her ewes was attacked by a dog, according to Suffolk...
Rural Life
Appeal to rural communities to help farmers protect livestock
South Yorkshire Police has appealed to those living in rural communities to help their local farmers protect their livestock after...
Rural Life
Angus amps up efforts to tackle rural crime
Police in Angus, Scotland, are working alongside a range of partners to tackle crime in rural communities and enhance crime...
Rural Life
Six men charged for rural thefts worth nearly £1 million
Six men have been charged in relation to rural thefts and burglary conspiracy worth nearly £1 million after a police...
N.Ireland
100 items recovered and man arrested in relation to NI rural thefts
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has confirmed that more than 100 items were recovered from a property in...
Rural Life
First ever Welsh rural crime and wildlife strategy to be launched
The first ever made-in-Wales strategy to tackle wildlife and rural crime is to be launched at the Royal Welsh Showground...
Rural Life
People urged to be vigilant following rural thefts in the Cotswolds
Gloucestershire Constabulary has warned people to be vigilant following a number of reports of thefts in the Cotswolds recently. The...
Agri-Business
Cost of GPS theft up 30% on last year - NFU Mutual
The cost of GPS theft has gone up 30% in the first quarter of 2023, compared to the same period...
Sheep
Dorset: Lamb euthanised by vet following suspected dog attack
Dorset Police’s rural crime team has reported what it is calling “yet another” suspected dog attack, which in this case...
Rural Life
NFYFC launches rural crime training for young farmers
A new training course aimed at helping farmers handle and prevent rural crime has been developed by the National Federation...
Sheep
Northamptonshire Police appeal for info on fatal sheep worrying incident
Rural crime officers from Northamptonshire Police have appealed for information regarding a livestock worrying incident which led to the death...
Rural Life
Dyfed-Powys Police face 'yet another' dog attack on sheep
Dyfed-Powys Police’s rural crime team has said that it is dealing with “yet another dog attack on livestock” in a...
Rural Life
Stolen £40k pump and £4k trailer recovered in Derbyshire
Derbyshire Constabulary’s rural crime team has seized and recovered a number of high-value agricultural machinery items during the last week,...
Rural Life
7 men sentenced for trespassing and poaching in Oxfordshire
Seven men have been sentenced for entering land as a trespasser with poaching equipment in Britwell Salome, Oxfordshire. Following a...
Rural Life
Four men charged with hare coursing offences in Lincolnshire
Four men have been charged with hare coursing offences after Lincolnshire Police received several reports from the Common Drove area...
Machinery
£158k of machinery recovered from 'scene like an Avengers film'
Warwickshire Police’s rural crime team has recovered £158,000 worth of stolen machinery in a mission it said was “like a...
