🚜 Preventing Poaching in Rural Areas

🚜 Preventing Poaching in Rural Areas

Poaching remains a serious issue affecting farms and rural communities. Farmers and landowners can take steps to deter offenders and protect their land, livestock, and wildlife.

Top Tips to Help Prevent Poaching:

Secure gates and access points to fields and tracks

Report suspicious vehicles or activity immediately

Install motion-activated lighting and CCTV where possible

Work with neighbouring farms to share information

Avoid leaving carcasses or game in visible areas

If you see something suspicious, report it to Staffordshire Police via 101 or online at staffordshire.police.uk/report. In an emergency, always call 999.

For more advice and national updates on tackling rural and wildlife crime, visit the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU). [www.nwcu.police.uk]

This site offers:

Guidance on identifying and reporting poaching

Information on national priorities like deer and fish poaching, and hare coursing

Resources for landowners, farmers, and rural communities

Details on Project Poacher, including a free app for reporting incidents - Poaching (Deer and Fish) and Hare Coursing | National Wildlife Crime Unit | NWCU

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Lisa Powell
(Staffordshire Police, PCSO, Rural Crime Officer - Eccleshall, Yarnfield, Swynnerton, Haughton, Gnosall)