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| These young ponies at the sale may have come from Bodmin |
Our Welfare Officer (who was actually on a "day off") attended the sale of ponies at Chagford market on Dartmoor. Chagford market is usually well organised and set out by the auctioneers. Our officer found one pen where a big (maybe 14hh) shod mare was intimidating, threatening and kicking out at a small pony that it was corralled with. Our officer went to find the Trading Standards representative at the sale but none was present. On speaking with the auction staff to alert them to the problem, they promptly came and removed the small pony from the pen and found it a pen of its own.
At the market our officer was attacked by a member/supporter of the Dartmoor Hill Pony Association for appearing on BBC Countryfile in April - because SWEP voiced our opinion that we do not support the mass slaughter and large scale overbreeding of Dartmoor Hill Ponies. SWEP absolutely sticks by our position on this matter and we will not be intimidated by anyone into saying otherwise. We believe the true answer to the current problems is to remove ALL the stallions from the moor.
The Shocking Extent of the Mass Slaughter of Ponies on Dartmoor -
The number killed by ONE slaughterman between Autumn 2010 and March 2011
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