Further along the road to Tavistock, our Officer came across a Dartmoor Hill Pony foal that was clearly distressed, running frantically, and calling out as loudly as it could. It was alone and heading towards the busy main road, where it would risk being hit by a car. This foal had been caught out - in the sunny weather, foals stop to sleep and sometimes, as in this case, when they wake up, the herd has moved off and can't be seen anywhere.
On approaching the foal out on the moorland, it walked over to our Officer and was brave enough to sniff her hand. It instantly calmed down and they walked together away from the main road further up onto the moor. A distance further along the hillside the foal was reunited with its herd.
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