Fine For Deeding The Ponies

[youngmafbog]

And not before time IMHO.

Sometimes Townies just dont get the message. We have all sorts roaming the forest, my daughter came out of school there once to a load of pigs in the road, all quite happy but for tourists they dont seem to get that most of the animals are pretty much wild and should be looked at but left alone.

How on earth anyone would think crisps are good for any animal is beyond me (OK dogs will eat them).

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11389827/Tourists-pet-feed-New-Forest-wild-ponies-given-1-000-fine-planned-crackdown.html

[lankeela]

When we camped at Bournemouth Championship Dog Show they would come into our tents and try to steal stuff, and would nip and kick if you tried to shoo them away. Why anyone would want to feed them I don't know, they are hardly tame pets.

[jourdain2]

As you say y.m.b., townies just don't understand the word 'wild'. I'm glad the fine was imposed. Just wait until some child is hurt by a pony thinking a stranger with food is going to feed it.

Here, we've had a nightmare with our village green and pond being invaded by Canada Geese (I've counted over 50) which killed the ducklings by drowning, saw off most of the ducks, moorhens and children and made the Green a no-go area with their droppings. Guess what? Visitors were picnicking (it's a picturesque spot) or wandering from the pub onto the Green and - you've got it, feeding the dratted geese!

[douglas9401]

"...could be fined..."

Actually "won't be fined" but lectured to within an inch of their lives by somebody in an ill-fitting uniform.

Britain doesn't really do punishment.

[barry1010]

Do the owners still get a grant for each pony they own? It used to be capped at £6k per owner per year.