Officers at Thames Valley Police have received reports of illegal poaching activities across the region.

On Tuesday, October 29, teams from the rural crime taskforce set off to complete proactive patrols in the woodlands across Thames Valley.

They posted their activities on social media, showing their police van in the middle of a woodland.

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Hare coursing is the pursuit of hares with greyhounds and other sighthounds, which chase the hare by sight, not by scent.

Although both poaching and hare coursing were popular in Britain in the past, it is now illegal and classed as animal cruelty.

In other countries, including Spain, Ireland and the Western United States, it is a regulated and judged, competitive sport.