Some 50 colts of a wild and “extensively misunderstood” breed can be in search of new houses – which is an “more and more troublesome process”.
After the annual round-up this autumn, the excess colts can be faraway from the herd of untamed Carneddau mountain ponies, who’re allowed to maneuver freely in Snowdonia, to forestall overgrazing of the realm.
Gareth Wyn Jones, secretary of the Carneddau Mountain Pony Society, stated discovering houses for the ponies is difficult, because the “distinctive breed is extensively misunderstood and thought to supply little alternative to horse lovers”.
The “outspoken hill farmer” is to showcase the flexibility of the breed on the GWCT Welsh Recreation Honest, at Vaynol Property in Gwynedd on 9 and 10 September.
“Discovering houses for all of the ponies that must be rehomed is a big enterprise,” he stated.
“Many potential houses wrongly assume the Carneddau mountain ponies will arrive bucking, rearing and being completely unmanageable – like a wild mustang in a cowboy film.
“Understandably individuals don’t like the thought of taking over an undomesticated animal however these intelligent ponies can adapt to their new, repurposed lives in just some days [in experienced hands]. These which were adopted go on to get pleasure from driving, driving and exhibiting.”
All of the ponies are rounded up over three weekends in November for an annual well being test. Seven households of hill farmers have the best to graze ponies on the 13,500 acres of Snowdonia, and the gathering of ponies attracts guests from the world over.
“These wild ponies date again to the Bronze Age,” stated Gareth. “Some individuals assume they’re only a vacationer attraction however they’re integral to the ecology of the mountains. Their grazing type retains all the things in stability and even helps some species thrive such because the endangered red-billed chough and dung beetle.”
The Carneddau Mountain Pony Society will give a demo in the primary enviornment on the Welsh Recreation Honest to “present guests how versatile and easy-going the diminutive ponies are”.
“We hope that this PR train will assist us elevate consciousness and immediate extra households to investigate about adoption,” Gareth stated. “We don’t cost for the horse – new homeowners are solely required to pay to have the animal microchipped.”
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