The research produced here shows that equines do think and do have an adverse reaction to pain and poor environmental practises.

Please support the STOP Hot Branding of Exmoor ponies and Other Horses Campaign. Please support the campaign for the better (21st century) treatment of feral ponies. These ponies are mainly produced for the meat market, much fewer become pets. Of all ponies in the U.K. it is these feral ponies that need more monitoring.

The keepers of these ponies do not behave like the farmers of sheep and cattle. The keepers of feral Exmoor and New Forest ponies wrap themselves in a romantised cloak which distracts everyone from asking the obvious question what happens to the ponies that fail their inspection. That wrong bit of white on their coat means what exactly.

These ponies need regular health checks, even sheep and cattle have those yet according to the Exmoor and New Forest feral pony keepers this is just not possible. When animals cannot be handled needless to say they suffer the consequences.

All feral animals can be handled using appropriate methods and training.

Please support the campaign to improve conditions for these feral ponies.

I loved that video and want to be sat in that hot spring now we’re in the middle of what is the coldest January I can remember!