Too many ponies or too little moor?

Thank you for noticing and taking the time to read our blog, we are Izzie and Eleanor and we hope you will gain some knowledge about our charity- ‘The Friends of the Dartmoor Hill Pony’, registered charity number- 1141045 .  Helping ponies on Dartmoor is a topic we both feel strongly about; as we think it will affect Devon’s future. We hope that by the time you have read this blog, you will be informed and ready to take action.

One of the ponies on site is Puff the magic dragon!  Even though he wasn’t one of their branded ponies, he regularly visited the site as a foal on the moor. They soon found out he was a long lost relative; his mother was one of their own ponies. He had got lost and not been branded (recognizably marked). He was afraid of everything and puffed when he got nervous, therefore they called him Puff. After hard work and determination, they took the first steps towards training Puff. He soon learnt that humans were to be trusted and even let them put a cart-pulling harness on him. His confidence grew and grew and he is now one of their most trusted and strongest ponies.

If Puff hadn’t of been found and trained are left alone on the moor, he would have been taken away and slaughtered for meat at zoos. This is what happens to vulnerable ponies because their population is growing. But ‘The Friends of the Dartmoor Hill Pony’ can help. They take the ponies and castrate the males and give the females the ‘pony pill’! This is to prevent unnecessary foals being born and put a stop to inbreeding.

Thanks again for taking your time to read our blog, we hope you have learnt something new and hope you will attend fundraising events we will do in the near future

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Thanks again, Izzie and Eleanor, 8B