Autumn is a time when the ponies on Dartmoor are drifted in to farms where they are sorted and either returned to the moor, sent to market to be sold, taken in by charities or for many PTS and used for meat. Despite reports that many sold at this weeks auctions we know that these are just the tip of the ice berg. Drifts will continue over winter and for many ponies there will be an unfortunate ending. We believe that by removing stallions and breeding only to meet the limited market that exists for these ponies in private homes there will be less suffering and waste of life by the ponies. We have in the past both run and supported castration clinics. If mares and geldings run on Dartmoor there will be less foals born and therefore less wastage of innocent life. As a result of less available ponies they would become sought after and farmers could ask a reasonable price for the ponies. Gelding the colts instead of shooting them also gives them a few more years chance of a positive future when they could go into a domestic home or conservation project. They can also live more naturally in a herd learning herd behaviour and dynamics. Due to our rehoming success this year we have space to help a few ponies find homes and we would also like to try and help a few colts return to the moor as geldings but we are asking for your help to support this. Each castration will cost £164.50 and we would like to help as many as we can, we are currently looking at 8 but would like to expand on this if at all possible. So we know it is a huge ask in the current economic climate but if you could help us by making a small donation we could try and help a few of these lovely ponies. Please note we currently only work with farmers who do not run stallions themselves and are already making efforts to reduce the numbers on the moor. We hope to find homes or return the ponies to the moor and we will also be taking in a few fillies in order to handle them and find homes for them. If you are able to make a donation our Paypal address is [email protected] and our bank account is Hill Pony Resources Group 165810 20581513. If you are unable to donate at this time please can you share our post as the further it goes the more chance we have of achieving our goal and the outcome for these ponies will be a better one. Thank You so much !
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