Keir Starmer 'will not allow' mass cull of Dartmoor ponies

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Keir Starmer 'will not allow' mass cull of Dartmoor ponies.

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Sir Keir Starmer "will not allow" a mass cull of Dartmoor's iconic wild ponies, which have inhabited the moorland for over 3,500 years.Campaigners have raised alarm that updated restrictions could result in the slaughter of as many as 93 per cent of the approximately 1,000 ponies currently roaming the national park.The Prime Minister's spokesman confirmed the decision today.The animals, cared for by local commoners who farm the land, have been exempt from environmental schemes that limit livestock numbers since 1994.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say New proposals would include ponies in these restrictions for the first time.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch condemned the proposals as "total madness" after they were first reported earlier this month.She wrote on social media: "This is total madness from another unaccountable quango.

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The government must overrule Natural England and stop it immediately."Keir Starmer is on his way to making his last acts in office the shameful...

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