I believe Exmoor ponies are an endangered species, why does it matter if they become extinct when we have other British native pony breeds?
Exmoor Ponies are an amazing national treasure, the oldest equine race in Britain, believed to be the true descendants of the British Hill Pony. They have largely escaped ‘improvement’, by the introduction of outside blood, which has affected most native breeds. Living in such tough environmental conditions they have developed many specialised characteristics to cope with life in a free- living herd in all weather conditions. This makes them hardy, low maintenance ponies, which are an important living equine gene- pool for these characteristics. Yes there are other British native ponies but we should endeavour to keep the diversity of pony breeds we have, which incidentally, is the envy of other countries.
