Farmers have welcomed tougher laws and sentences for anyone caught hare coursing - an illegal blood sport where people use dogs to chase hares over farmland for large bets.
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Farmers have welcomed tougher laws and sentences for anyone caught hare coursing – an illegal blood sport where people use dogs to chase hares over farmland for large bets.
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