Police and gamekeepers team up to protect deer
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PC Chris Fearn from Derbyshire Police said that an increasing number of poachers with guns and hunting dogs had been illegally shooting game.
He said: “Since the clocks went back, two deer have been killed and more than 70 pheasants and partridges taken. This is a sophisticated set-up — not someone taking the odd bird for themselves.”