Our welfare assistant happened to pass the Roborough Down pound today and found it was full of ponies and owners. She watched as the ponies were separated and loaded onto lorries and trailers and taken away to the farms and holdings. The separation stage was done with minimal fuss and took a few hours. The welfare assistant stayed until all the vehicles, owners and helpers had gone, however 24 ponies were left in the pound. On further investigation we found out that these were unclaimed or their owners were unknown. The quarter man would need to contact any pony owners and try and find out who they belonged to before the case was handed to the Commoners Committee, who would then decide the ponies fate. Most the time in these cases any unclaimed ponies would end up being destroyed and desposed of. The ponies had fresh drinking water but not lot of grazing to sustain them. We will keep a close eye on these ponies.
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