The 37-year-old man from Totton, near Southampton, was arrested on suspicion of seven offences
Photograph: Peter Flude/The GuardianPhotograph: Peter Flude/The GuardianA man has been arrested by police investigating the discovery of 50 dead hares that were scattered in front of a community shop in a Hampshire village.
Police said examinations of the owl and kestrel – both of which are legally protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 – revealed the birds had been shot with a gun.were “stuffed” on the door handles and blood was smeared on the windows, the shop’s treasurer said. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, night poaching, killing of a schedule 1 bird and killing of a brown hare in the closed season.
The force’s country watch sergeant, Stuart Ross, said: “Since this incident took place, we have been actively pursuing a number of lines of inquiry and working with partner agencies to establish the circumstances of what happened.
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