Rural Crime News

Farmers have been advised to be alert and report any suspicious activity following incidents of attempted livestock theft in Scotland.

West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses after 19 sheep were stolen from a farm in north Worcestershire.

North Wales Police Rural Crime Team has issued a plea asking the public to help find a dog owner following an incident that saw a lamb being attacked by an off-lead dog. 

A man from Cornwall has been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after his pets killed 22 sheep and caused near-misses on the roads while roaming free. It is also claimed that the dogs killed cats and pet rabbits. 

An Essex-based chemical manufacturing company has been fined £2.5 million following two incidents of uncontrolled releases of highly corrosive acids at its site in West Thurrock. 

A vegan activist, Louise Murguia, has been found guilty of animal cruelty after she stole a lamb from a field in Dorset.

Nearly one in five people surveyed by the Countryside Alliance say they have considered leaving the area where they live due to the increase in rural crime. 

Almost 30 vehicles were stopped as part of a multi-agency operation to tackle rural crime and road safety along the border between Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire Constabulary confirmed.

63 ewes have been recovered following a theft of 75 sheep from a farm in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales. 

A farmer who lives in the biggest fly-tipping hotspot in the East of England and faces the crime on a daily basis has spoken out about how it influences his life.

A Hertfordshire farmer has expressed her frustration, as she had to spend thousands of pounds to remove 40 tonnes of fly-tipped waste from her land.

A 40-year-old man has been arrested after approximately 75 sheep have reportedly been stolen from a farm in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales.