Rural Crime News

A family-run farm from the Ceredigion area of Wales has been found guilty of an environmental crime after the catastrophic collapse of their slurry store polluted local waterways. The farm owners were ordered to pay over £13,000 in fines. 

A radical animal rights group, Animal Rising, now says it has no plans for a ‘mass open rescue’ from RSPCA Assured farms this summer.

Three baby pygmy goats have been stolen from a farm located in East Sussex, leaving a six-year-old girl “heartbroken”. 

A Welsh wildlife photographer has been fined for disturbing a honey buzzard nest without a licence. 

Sheep and a lamb had drowned after being chased by dogs into a reservoir. 

A Hertfordshire man was left “devastated” after his 11 pygmy goats were stolen last week. 

Growers and distributors of plant protection products (PPPs) are being warned to be on high alert following a break-in at a secure distributor store. 

Farmers across the UK are being urged to be vigilant following a new wave of Global Positioning System (GPS) thefts in recent weeks. 

A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with the theft of a tractor and subsequent dangerous driving in the Dorchester area. 

The Oxfordshire community will benefit from a £156,000 boost that aims to tackle rural crime. 

North Wales Police have launched an appeal after a two-day-old Highland calf was stolen from Denbighshire farmland. 

Two men who were caught while dumping waste in the West Midlands have been ordered to pay over £2,000 in fines.