What potential cull of Dartmoor ponies means for Isle of Man wildlife (www.iomtoday.co.im)

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The future of Dartmoor National Park’s wild pony population has been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks, with regulators, conservationists, politicians and campaigners all debating the rights and wrongs of a potential pony cull.

The origins of the debate seem to lie in a view expressed by Natural England (NE - the UK government’s environmental advisory body) that Dartmoor is being over-grazed and, as a result, biodiversity is being harmed.

The proposed solution is that landowners should reduce animal stocking densities by around 75% in order for them to be able to continue to qualify for the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) and its funding.

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[-] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago

Ahh - didn't realise that this was a subscription site. I have the bypass-paywalls addin. That is one of the downsides.

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