SWEP received a message at 10pm on the evening of the 29th from the RSPCA to say that there had been a mare having difficulty foaling on the Gibbett Hill area of Dartmoor. Early the morning of the 30th an officer attended Gibbett Hill and checked on the condition of the ponies there. Meanwhile, our local enquiries paid off and a local pony keeper was able to tell us that the owner of the pony had responded at 5pm the previous afternoon to a report of a mare in trouble . The dead foal had been removed and the mare had been given antibiotics. All the other ponies on the common were checked by our officer and were in good condition.
Early reponses are crucial to ponies with foaling problems, and for ponies needing emergency treatment.
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