Reports have been made to police of hare coursing taking place at an Oxfordshire village.
Officers from Thames Valley Police attended Steventon on Saturday afternoon (October 5) after reports and concerns of hare coursing.
In hare coursing, dogs such as sighthounds and their cross breeds such as greyhounds and whippets, are set upon hares.
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The dogs are actively encouraged to chase down the hares and attack them.
Thames Valley Police Rural Crime Taskforce used a drone to search the fields but no offenders or damage was found.
Writing about it online, the force said: "PCs Uren and Akers attended a report of Hare Coursing in the Steventon, Oxfordshire area.
"The Taskforce will be conducting Hare coursing patrols over the weekend."
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