South West Equine Protection is a registered charity based on Dartmoor. We respond to wild pony emergency callouts on Dartmoor and Bodmin moors. Donations from the public enable us to respond to callouts and get veterinary help for ponies in distress. All the "wild" ponies on the moors are owned, but sadly many owners try to avoid their duty of care...
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Unclaimed Ponies From Holne Drift
After all the ponies had been sorted and claimed after the Holne drift 20 were left unclaimed. The commoners got to work trying to track down their owners, they were advertised for a two week period, as is required, in order to track owners. A number of the ponies were claimed, a few were rehomed and we were asked if we could take the remaining seven.
The group included two mares and their foals, a yearling filly, a young colt and an older colt. If we hadn't agreed to take the ponies in they would probably have been shot. We will work with these ponies at our rehabilitation yard, the colts will be handled and castrated and the foals will be weaned once ready.
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