There are fears that nine in 10 of the animals could be culled after a ruling from Natural England that grazing must be reduced by 75 per cent.

There are fears that nine in 10 of the animals could be culled after a ruling from Natural England that grazing must be reduced by 75 per cent.

There are fears that nine in 10 of the animals could be culled after a ruling from Natural England that grazing must be reduced by 75 per cent.

Kemi Badenoch today demanded that Sir Keir Starmer step in to stop the ‘mass slaughter’ of Dartmoor ponies by bureaucrats at Natural England. The quango sparked outrage after it…

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The ponies have roamed the rugged moorland for 4,500 years

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