Guardians of the iconic Dartmoor pony are celebrating a milestone anniversary in their efforts to promote the breed both at home and abroad. The Dartmoor Pony Society (DPS) is marking 50 years of ...

The DPS states that: “The true-to-type Dartmoor Pony with known breeding is recognised as a rare breed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and is typical of the ponies seen in the show ring at ...

Dartmoor Hill ponies should be bred for human consumption to ensure their survival on the moor, says a pony group. Dartmoor Hill Pony Association (DHPA) said it had put forward the idea ...

The Dartmoor pony is the British native breed that originated from the county of Devon. The ponies have been recorded living on the moors of Dartmoor since the middle ages, ...

Dartmoor ponies have lived on the moor for centuries - there are records dating back to 1012 AD. All of the moor’s ponies belong to different pony keepers, who ensure that each herd is healthy ...

Many wild-pony owners are farmers and dedicated breeders who usually belong to one of Britain's nine native breed societies – Exmoor, Dartmoor, New Forest, Welsh Pony and Cob, Dales, Fell ...

Over 700 Dartmoor hill ponies have been killed in the last 12 months as breeders attempt to reduce their herds. In 1980, the population was estimated at around 30,000, But this year, he has had to ...

Dartmoor ‘hillies’ are just one of the UK’s semi-wild ponies that have so far been left out of protections for at-risk populations because they don’t qualify as a specific breed.

Dartmoor Hill Pony Association (DHPA) said it had put forward the idea "reluctantly". The group claims numbers have dropped from about 30,000 at the beginning of the century to just 1,500 in 2011.

The number of Dartmoor Hill ponies, once used for farming, has plummeted Dartmoor Hill ponies should be bred for human consumption to ensure their survival on the moor, says a pony group. Dartmoor ...

Dartmoor Hill ponies should be bred for human consumption to ensure their survival on the moor, says a pony group. Call to 'breed Dartmoor Hill ponies for food' - BBC News We've updated our ...