WELSH MOUNTAIN PONIES OF MYNYDD Y BETWS IONAWR 2012:

Photos Taken on 5 and 13 Jan Posted on 17 Jan but back dated for blog Archive Presentaion to 8 Jan 2012. First three fotos taken on first treck into the Mountain via Garnant, others were taken trecking toward TV Mast.

Many More Herds All Over Both Mynydd Y Betws and Mynydd Y Gwair.

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Current status, with reference to conservation grazing, of the Welsh ...

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schemes are unregistered Welsh mountain ponies. This practice threatens the breed sub- population's survival. Unregistered Carneddau herds represent ...

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   Conserving Britain's last wild ponies - Magazine / Geographical

   www.geographical.co.uk/Magazine/Wild_Ponies_-_June_08.html
   

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   'The Welsh mountain pony breed isn't under threat, but the pony in its traditional ...Native ponies will graze coarse grasses with fine grasses, eat coarse herbs, ...
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   Welsh Mountain Ponies — Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

   www.breconbeacons.org/environment/bd.../welsh-mountain-ponies

   Drive through the Brecon Beacons National Park today and you will probably see the familiar sight of Welsh Mountain Ponies grazing on the hillsides.

3. BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Mountain pony extinction 'threat'

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   6 Apr 2007 – A herd of Welsh mountain ponies were used to help restore marshland near Swansea in 2005. They grazed on reeds which would otherwise ...

   
   

   
   

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      Native Ponies Online - Wild Welsh Ponies Report

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      Wild Welsh Mountain Ponies In Danger Of Disappearing ... appropriate, environmentally sustainable, grazing of a wide variety of Welsh habitats. ... and bureaucratic complexity offer insufficient farmer-breeder incentive to conserve herds. ...
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      The pony's tale: native breeds under threat - Nature - Environment ...

      www.independent.co.uk/.../the-ponys-tale-native-breeds-under-threat...

      2 Aug 2007 – They run in natural herds, grazing extensively on our mountains, ... wild mares, and only 760 wild Welsh mountain ponies remain in Wales. ...

   3. History - welsh mountain ponies on the carneddau hillside

      www.mrgrumpy.net/ponies/html/english/history.html

      The Welsh mountain ponies are a strong breed going back to at least the Celtics. ...there is no work for them, so now they roam the Carneddau hillsides grazing. They once roamed in herds of up to 30 mares to 1 stallion, but now the stallions ...

      
      

      
      

      1. Wild Welsh ponies to the rescue at Bickerton Hill | Cheshire Life

         
         

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                        1. Rare ponies from the mountains of North Wales have been enlisted to help save ... to maintain the herd, benefitting wildlife on the mountains through grazing. ...

      2. Semi-feral ponies moved from South Wales to Bransby Home of ...

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            1. Hopefully once illegal ponies are removed we will see a return to qualityWelsh mountain pony herds, properly managed, grazing the hills and ...

      
      

      
      

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