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Our Work

We take, on average, three or four calls each day from either individuals or organisations .Whether the call is a complaint about a particular animal or establishment, or a more general concern about the welfare of a horse, pony or herd being kept out on the moor, SWEP will ALWAYS respond and investigate. We offer here some examples of the work we do.

RescueMissy, soon after her arrival

Missy
We were called recently to Bodmin moor to rescue an orphaned filly foal. A Vet told us that she was just ten weeks old and had very little time left to live. We have called her Missy, - Click to read more of her story

2004 saw a greater than usual number of moorland foals coming in to our care and they, like the older ponies, are completely wild and terrified of human contact! But not all of our rescues are of Moorland ponies. or of young foals!

Starving ex race horse, SunnySunny, for example, was a race horse who. like many of his kind could no longer race, was on a downward spiral of bad to worse ownersSunny, after SWEP's intervention like the one who tried to persuade us that Sunny was this thin because he was "race fit". Needless to say he came into our care.where a careful re-feeding programme and pleanty of TLC paid dividends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Campaigning for the Fencing for Dartmoor Roads

For the want of a fence ....

Skewbald moorland pony - RTA fatallity  Horrendous abdominal injures sustained in RTA
Sadly there are not many weeks that go by without us being called to a road traffic accident (RTA). These needless deaths and injuries are not confined to the tourist season and the effect on the lives of all those involved, grazing stock and humans alike is profound. The mare pictured above was struck by a car on Dartmoor just a few weeks ago. SWEP attended but was unable to do anything to save her. Further information can be found on Moor Fencing

RTA victim Samson.Died August 2004

Samson was one of the two colt foals involved in road traffic accidents on the moorland roads. Neither accident was immediately fatal, but there were very different outcomes for each of them.

SWEP accepted ownership of both colts. Since the collapse of the market for moorland ponies some owners say that they will never recover the cost of gelding and rearing colt foals. Because euthanasia is also costly we know, but cannot prove, that many colt foals are shot.

Samson's injured leg failed to improve and an X ray revealed that there was a fracture to the growth plate at the end of a leg bone which could not be repaired. Sadly, he had to be put down on 15th August 2004. He is greatly missed.

RTA victim, Drummer

 

 

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Drummer, who had sustained ruptures to the wall of his abdomen and to his genitals underwent successful major surgery on 16th August. After giving everyone a fright when he stopped breathing for a short time during the operation he made such an excellent recovery that his Vet gave him the all clear to come to our Grand Parade of SWEP Rescues on 30th August. Click to see Drummer's story

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