{"id":250193,"date":"2026-01-17T22:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/250193\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T22:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:02:26","slug":"louth-gardai-carrying-out-criminal-investigations-into-illegal-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/250193\/","title":{"rendered":"Louth Gardai carrying out criminal investigations into illegal hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" An Garda Sioch\u00e1na Louths and Wildlife Service have carried out patrols in relation to illegal hunting in recent weeeks, Photo: An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na Louth\/Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/baefec14-efb9-4143-9174-e82eb9b8a75b.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\"> An Garda Sioch\u00e1na Louths and Wildlife Service have carried out patrols in relation to illegal hunting in recent weeeks, Photo: An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na Louth\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Gardai in Louth are carrying out a number of criminal investigations into illegal hunting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">This follows the seizure of vehicles and equipment suspected to have been used in illegal hunting as part of a crackdown in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A number of people were intercepted as part of the operation which was carried out alongside officers from the National Parks and Wildlife Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Details of the operation, which included dedicated patrols in relation to illegal hunting activities, particularly in relation to illegal hare hunting, were shared by An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na Louth on their social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cA number of individuals were intercepted during this operation resulting in vehicles and suspected illegal equipment being seized. As a result a number of criminal investigations are ongoing,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">They also thanked both the National Parks and Wildlife Service and local landowners for their assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Members of the public and landowners are urged to report any suspected illegal hunting by contacting your local Garda Station, your local NPWS Office or dialling 999 or 112. NPWS can be contacted on WildlifeEnforcement@npws.gov.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Garda Sioch\u00e1na Louths and Wildlife Service have carried out patrols in relation to illegal hunting in recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,4277,82],"class_list":["post-250193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-margaret-roddy","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}