Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 06:00 Eoghan MacConnell
‘Wildlife criminals’ targeted in new planGarda to introduce trainingcourse in effort to tackle gangs of poachers Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 06:00 Eoghan MacConnell Once they have killed and gutted a deer, poachers mark the location with GPS for later collection. File photograph: Getty ImagesWildlife criminals, including deer poachers and gangs capturing wild birds for sale abroad, “are pillaging the countryside”, according to the senior garda who led a successful operation against deer poachers in Leinsterfive years ago.
