We were called in the morning by a concerned land owner who had seen a group of ponies that were roaming out of an open gate on the A30 side of Halvanna Forest near Eastmoor, Cornwall. She said the ponies had been there for a few weeks, however as food was becoming sparse they were roaming closer and closer to the extremely busy A30. Our welfare officer contacted the commoners committee
who attended the scene and secured the ponies by closing the gate. Later on in the afternoon we received another call from a concerned party, we decided to go and see for ourselves.
Our welfare staff arrived at the scene and the ponies were loitering around a closed gate that had been tied with baler twine, we counted nine ponies. All looked to be in OK condition apart from one colt, who was a little underweight. There were a mixture of mares, youngsters and stallions, some of the mares looked heavily pregnant.
We contacted the commoners representative again who informed us that a gentleman working in the forest had shut the gate and tied it up to ensure the ponies were confined overnight. He had assured her that he was the last person to be leaving that night so they would be safe.
This issue is ongoing and we will update the blog as soon as it has been resolved.
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