<strong>A poster initiative has been launched in Northern Ireland to support Operation Wild Deer</strong>
Would you like to appear on our site? We offer sponsored articles and advertising to put you in front of our readers. Find out more.The Northern Ireland branch of the British Deer Society (NIBDS) has welcomed the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) anti-poaching poster initiative, started to support its Operation Wild Deer, which was launched in 2012.
Greg Kane, chairman of the NIBDS, said: “Operation Wild Deer, in which a wide-ranging group of organisations joined in partnership with the PSNI to combat poaching in the Cookstown area, has already made a valuable contribution to help address this form of rural crime in the Mid-Ulster area. The posters and leaflets being launched will serve to reinforce this anti-poaching message.”
BASC calls for delay to the Scottish government’s muirburn licensing scheme amid concerns from practitioners over the code’s workability.
Following countryside organisations’ campaigning, penalties for illegal coursing have increased, with average fines up from £360 to £6,000