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He is hot on the trail of the Jerdon’s courser, a critically endangered nocturnal bird that has not been officially spotted for about a decade.

"I think we're unfortunately in a courser environment. I think our societies have become harder and less understanding, less tolerant, less forgiving."

Police say the vehicles belonged to “hare coursers” who used dogs to chase down and capture rabbits, a practice that’s illegal in England.

A group of suspected hare coursers had to swim to safety after falling foul of a flood-prone stretch of road.

Sgt Tom Carter, of Sussex Police's rural crime unit, said the crackdown on hare coursing in the UK meant some hare coursers were going abroad, holding events and streaming footage back to the UK.