Police teams across Devon and Cornwall are asking for the public’s help to report poachers in rural areas of the region. This week is National Wildlife Crime Awareness Week and sees the launch of the campaign ‘Stop Poaching’.
The last few years have shown it is not about the lone poacher taking something home for his larder, but an organised operation where deer, fish and livestock end...
A court heard how a Barnstaple man caught more than 20 fish during an illegal fishing spree on the River Taw in North Devon. Beverley Nicholls concealed bass and trout in his kayak after netting them early one evening last summer.
The paddling poacher was caught after a member of the public saw him using a net at Runsam Bridge and reported the sighting to the Environment Agency. Two...
