The Exmoor Pony is a free-living rare breed found on Exmoor National Park. During annual round-ups unwanted foals are removed from herds and face slaughter, unless they can find a new home. The Moorland Mousie Trust offers foals an alternative to destruction, training them for conservation grazing, as equine therapy ponies at our Exmoor Pony Centre or finding foster homes. This means we need to secure funds to cover the costs of feed, shelter and vet bills to give our ponies the highest welfare.

With funds raised through the Christmas Challenge we can help cover the costs of hay and feed for our ponies for the coming year. Covering these costs through donations will give us the confidence to know our foals will be fed throughout the year and can be happy animals ready for training in equine therapy, as riding ponies and to protect the environment as conservation grazers. By helping keep our ponies fed donors will ensure we can continue caring for this rare and iconic breed.