When aggressive, destructive poachers get out of hand, drastic action is needed. The poachers are targeting this farm because it has plenty of hares. Sadly the farmer decides that the only answer is to reduce the number of hares until the poachers lose interest, and Steve McGuigan of Cheshire Wildlife Management is called in to do the job. Plus we look at Steve’s role as an educator for the Countryside Academy, Fieldsports Channel’s initiative to educate youngsters about what really happens in the countryside.
Find out more about Steve’s work at CountrysideAcademy.co.uk
To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 779, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain779
More on hares – brown and blue – here
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