Quad bike gang on killing spree run over deer, badgers and hares, say South Yorkshire police

Thugs on quad bikes ran over a deer in the latest of a spate killings having a ‘devastating affect on our countryside,’ South Yorkshire police say.​​​​​​​

SYP Rural Policing posted an image of a dead roe deer that appeared to have been “intentionally run over” on farmland. It was found after reports of a gang of more than 10 quads tearing through crop fields between Firbeck and Laughton, Rotherham, on Sunday April 16.

The incident followed the deaths of several badgers and hares in the area in recent months, the force says. The animals also appeared to have been run over, or killed by dogs, with quad bikes ‘used to facilitate’.

A spokesperson for SYP Rural Policing said: “Quad-enabled criminality is having a devastating affect on our countryside and all those who live in it. Who are they? Where are they filling the quads up? Where are they keeping them? Is it your neighbour?”