“The ancient sport of hare coursing – outlawed in Scotland for a decade – is making a comeback in the region.

And last week a plea went out for Borderers to help the police bring to justice the perpetrators of this and other illegal country pursuits which inflict cruelty on wild animals.

“The more intelligence we get, the more we can do,” said PC Jamie Hood, Police Scotland’s recently-appointed wildlife liaison officer for the Borders and the Lothians.

The coursing of hares and rabbits by greyhounds and lurchers is just one of a range of proscribed blood sports being targeted by PC Hood and his colleagues.”

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Source: The Southern Reporter