After an investigation by the cooperating green enforcement officers of the regional implementation service of the municipalities of Soest, Utrecht, and Baarn, Natuurmonumenten, and the police, the poacher has been identified.  The man is suspected of hunting hares with one or more dogs in the polder located between Amersfoort, Soest, and Baarn. This makes the suspect in violation of the law as he was on the land without the owners permission and did not have an environmental permit. Additionally, hunting hares is prohibited because their numbers have declined in recent decades.  He was caught in the act on the night of Thursday, February 6 to Friday, February 7. The man was detained, and his dog was seized.