Campaigners have called for more action to preserve numbers of Dartmoor Hill ponies Campaigners have called for more protections for Dartmoor ponies amid fears the species could be driven to ...

A pioneering project aiming to shed greater light on the unique genetic make-up of Dartmoor’s iconic hill ponies and ultimately secure their future has got underway. The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association ...

Almost 95,000 people have already supported a campaign launched to save Dartmoor hill ponies from possible extinction. An online petition is calling on the government to step in to halt the decline in ...

Semi-wild 'Dartmoor Hillies' have a unique genetic signature which allows it to survive in challenging habitats. But the ponies are now under threat due to their human neighbours, reports GILLY SMITH ...

Animal welfare groups have claimed that hundreds of semi-wild Dartmoor Hill ponies will be lost if a Government agency's plan to limit livestock and grazing goes ahead. The Friends of the Dartmoor ...

Almost 95,000 people have already supported a campaign launched to save Dartmoor hill ponies from possible extinction. An online petition is calling on the government to step in to halt the decline in ...

The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association (DHPA), an animal conservation group in England, says a group of ponies should be killed for food to preserve the population and to improve animal welfare. It sounds ...

13:59, Fri, Mar 15, 2024 Updated: 13:59, Fri, Mar 15, 2024 A petition has been launched to save the famous Dartmoor ponies - which campaigners claim are at risk of ''extinction''. Nearly 100,000 ...

The Friends of the Dartmoor Hill Pony charity was officially launched at the Devon County Show. Over the last six months the organisation has found homes for nearly 400 unwanted foals. It said that ...

A charity dedicated to protecting Dartmoor hill ponies has recommended a counterintuitive solution to the species' steady decline: selling their meat for human consumption. The move has been proposed ...

A Dartmoor pony herd is to get contraceptive injections in a bid to reduce the number of unwanted foals. The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association says the foals are not in demand in the current economic ...