Submitted on Wednesday 17th June 2026
Rejected on Thursday 9th July 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Exclude Dartmoor hill ponies from Natural England’s livestock grazing quotas
Natural England’s new grazing contracts count Dartmoor hill ponies in livestock quotas with cattle and sheep. Commoners will cull ponies for commercial animals. Fewer than 1,000 remain and they are endangered. Exclude heritage ponies from these quotas now.
Dartmoor hill ponies have roamed the moor for 3,500 years and are classified as endangered, with fewer than 1,000 remaining. They uniquely eat invasive Molinia grass, which chokes native plants — making them vital to moorland ecology. Removing them will accelerate the very biodiversity decline Natural England exists to prevent. Ponies were previously excluded from grazing quotas in recognition of this. We urge the Government to restore that protection permanently.
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