Some very inaccurate statistics are being bandied about.
According to the BBC (extensively quoted elsewhere) 6000 ponies lived on Dartmoor in 2000.
Yet the National Park authority estimated <1500 in 2006.
A later study found 1000-1200 in 2016.
It helps if you start with the facts.
The tragedy of the Dartmoor Pony Cull Conspiracy is that misinformation can lead to scientific advice being ignored, & environmental watchdogs like Natural England having their powers curtailed - exactly what the Tories & rightwing press have always wanted. I spoke to @mrjamesob.bsky.social:
