New law against Hare coursing started today

Fingerscrossed, I know they are quick to act here at the minute.

It may save a few Hares and may be some dogs too.
 
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Excellent. Let's hope they properly enforce it and it's not just another law that is so easily flouted.
 
100% behind this. If it's enforced properly, it will be effective. Part of that effectiveness relies to an extent on public awareness and reporting.

Fingers crossed.(y)
 
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Let's hope they properly enforce it and it's not just another law that is so easily flouted.
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...and how will they do that?

There are far too few coppers already and the new laws will, I suspect, be extremely difficult to gain convictions under. It's just another piece of sticking plaster to appease a minority instead of accepting that a country of 60 million people requires many more than 120,000 police officers,

The idea of a second tier service, which eventually materialised as PCSOs, was neutered before it started, by not providing them with adequate training or the power of arrest. Properly done, such a service would have provided the numbers, in a reasonably economical manner, to support police resources in cases such as hare coursing, which require numbers for surveilance over large areas.
 
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...and how will they do that?

There are far too few coppers already and the new laws will, I suspect, be extremely difficult to gain convictions under. It's just another piece of sticking plaster to appease a minority instead of accepting that a country of 60 million people requires many more than 120,000 police officers,

The idea of a second tier service, which eventually materialised as PCSOs, was neutered before it started, by not providing them with adequate training or the power of arrest. Properly done, such a service would have provided the numbers, in a reasonably economical manner, to support police resources in cases such as hare coursing, which require numbers for surveilance over large areas.
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Fair points on policing numbers, we need more. As I said though, part of the effectiveness of the legislation lies in public reports of the incidents. It's a cumaltive effect, which unfortnately, takes time.

Can we not politicise yet another thread though, just for the sake of a few egos. Thread bans will be handed out.
 
Exactly my point Andrew - it won't will it? It's just political posturing and point scoring (which I won't go into). :rolleyes:

However, if the fines were heavy enough and the punishments properly executed, it would be nice to dream that it could make a difference.

What we need to do is to shoot the perpetrators and not their dogs.
 
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Can we not politicise yet another thread though, just for the sake of a few egos.
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Just to be clear, that wasn't in any way my intention.

Having lived in a farming area (and actually on a farm) for many years, I'm more aware than most of the problems in policing such places When we had an outbreak of sheep stealing, several years ago, I joined in the locally organised watch for a few nights but two or three hours per night of sleep, followed by ten or even twelve hours at work, soon wears you down.

That's why I say we need more bodies to police rural areas. A hundred years ago there might have been the numbers for a rural community to handle such matters itself, now there are just too few people living in these places and they need outside help if such new laws are to be meaningful.
 
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