Police and community watch groups are making a breakthrough in the fight against poachers on East Riding farmland.
A high-profile campaign to crackdown on illegal hunting of wild animals with dogs has led to the successful prosecution of gangs of poachers.
Officers are now stepping up the campaign in the run-up to the harvesting season, when fields are cleared of crops, which is a peak time for the cruel sport.
It comes after a gang of poachers were each fined £350 with £150 costs for hunting hares with dogs when they appeared at Bridlington Magistrates' Court.
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