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Closed Stop Dartmoor Ponies being farmed for zoo meat

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Around 800 dartmoor ponies are slaughtered for the zoo meat scheme each year. Farmers who own them report that they can't get more than £1 at auction. Finding one of these ponies for £1 seems impossible, they are worth more for meat.
If these beautiful ponies only have a fate of zoo meat then their breeding should be controlled. None are truly wild, they are owned by farmers who make more money on a sale for zoo meat than elsewhere and turned out onto the moor for cheap upkeep.
Please sign my petition to stop these ponies being sold for zoo meat and put a proper and acceptable breeding programme in place.

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